CVE-2008-5232
35Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. It has a public proof of concept.
ssvc Attendepss 32%
from disclosure to weapon0 days
Published on NVDNov 26
1st PoCAug 22
exploitation probability
32%top 2% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
2 public exploit(s)
Buffer overflow in the CallHTMLHelp method in the Microsoft Windows Media Services ActiveX control in nskey.dll 4.1.00.3917 in Windows Media Services on Microsoft Windows NT and 2000, and Avaya Media and Message Application servers, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long argument. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.
Affected products
n/a · n/apublic PoCs found — 2
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