CVE-1999-1577

published 1999-10-31

CVE-1999-1577: 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…

Priority P4 25 medium 5.1 CVSS 2.0

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

EXPLOIT

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.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
microsoft	internet_explorer	—	—
microsoft	internet_explorer	—	—

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