CVE-2002-0692: Microsoft Frontpage Server Extensions

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in SmartHTML Interpreter (shtml.dll) in Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions (FPSE) 2000 and 2002 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) or run arbitrary code, respectively, via a certain type of web file request.

Affected products

• Microsoft Frontpage Server Extensions: version 2000 only; version 2002 only
• Microsoft Windows 2000: any version
• Microsoft Windows XP: any version

Published 2002-10-10. Last modified 2026-06-16.