CVE-2008-5232

highpriority · attend · 58EPSS 0.322 · 98 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · functional

Likely / severe?

32.2% (98th) EPSS

CVSS 9.3 · high

Is it mine?

3 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.3

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.09.3highAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 10

v2.08.4highAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:POCsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-787USprimary

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-32294Microsoft Windows Media Services 'nskey.dll' 4.1 - ActiveX Control Remote Buffer Overflowfunctional · exploit_db

affected products (3)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
microsoft windows 2000all versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows nt= 4.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (2)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2008-11-26modified 2026-06-16

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references (10)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

http://packetstormsecurity.org/0808-exploits/wms-overflow.txt enisa_euvd
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020733 enisa_euvd
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30814 enisa_euvd
http://www.securityfocus.com/data/vulnerabilities/exploits/30814.html.txt enisa_euvd
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44629 enisa_euvd
http://packetstormsecurity.org/0808-exploits/wms-overflow.txtExploitThird Party Advisorynvd
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020733Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30814Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd

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