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critical 9.3

CVE-2008-5232 in the critical feed json

Buffer overflow in the CallHTMLHelp method in the Microsoft Windows Media Services ActiveX control in nskey.dll 4.1.00.3917 in Windows Medi…

published 2008-11-26 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-5209

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
32.2%
EPSS 32.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-32294)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

32.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-32294 Microsoft Windows Media Services 'nskey.dll' 4.1 - ActiveX Control Remote Buffer Overflow dos, 2008-08-22
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/data/vulnerabilities/exploits/30814.html.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • packetstormsecurity.org http://packetstormsecurity.org/0808-exploits/wms-overflow.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

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Sources

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