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CVE-1999-1577

medium · 5.1

Buffer overflow in HHOpen ActiveX control (hhopen.ocx) 1.0.0.1 for Internet Explorer 4.01 and 5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via long arguments to the OpenHelp method.

5.1
CVSS
19.5%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
97th
EPSS percentile
1999-10-31
Published

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
microsoftinternet_explorer4.0.1
microsoftinternet_explorer5.0

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References

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