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CVE-2007-0352 (GCVE-0-2007-0352)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-01-19 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 12:12
VLAI
Summary
Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Help Workshop 4.03.0002 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted .cnt file composed of lines that begin with an integer followed by a space and a long string.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/457210/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017530 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22100 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2156 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3149 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
http://secunia.com/advisories/23862 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://osvdb.org/31898 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.anspi.pl/~porkythepig/visualization/cn… x_refsource_MISC
Date Public
2007-01-17 00:00
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