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CVE-2006-0564
Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft HTML Help Workshop 4.74.8702.0, and possibly earlier versions, and as included in the Microsoft…
High7.5EPSS 71.7%
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Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft HTML Help Workshop 4.74.8702.0, and possibly earlier versions, and as included in the Microsoft HTML Help 1.4 SDK, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .hhp file with a long Contents file field.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 71.7% · top 0.6% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- 18740 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 22941 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 1015585 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- mshtmlhelp-workshop-hhp-bo(24481) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://users.pandora.be/bratax/advisories/b008.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- VU#124460 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- ADV-2006-0446 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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