01 Record
CVE-2002-0693
Buffer overflow in the HTML Help ActiveX Control (hhctrl.ocx) in Microsoft Windows 98, 98 Second Edition, Millennium Edition, NT 4.0, NT 4.0 Terminal Server Edition, Windows 2000, and Windows XP
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Buffer overflow in the HTML Help ActiveX Control (hhctrl.ocx) in Microsoft Windows 98, 98 Second Edition, Millennium Edition, NT 4.0, NT 4.0 Terminal Server Edition, Windows 2000, and Windows XP
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 31.33% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 98.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2002-10-05 04:00Z24 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 02:56Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2002-07-12
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- e1d926b381daee371df431e91b95915b1669768554679f798ae36fc032325ae8
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:374https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A374
- www.securityfocus.com5874http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5874
- docs.microsoft.comMS02-055https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-055
- marc.info20021003 Buffer Overflow in IE/Outlook HTML Helphttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103365849505409&w=2
- marc.info20021010 prover of concept code of windows help overflowhttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103435279404182&w=2
- www.iss.netwin-html-help-bo(10253)http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10253.php
- marc.info20021009 Thor Larholm security advisory TL#004http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103419115517344&w=2