CVE-2005-0057: Microsoft Windows 2000

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 41.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Hyperlink Object Library for Windows 98, 2000, XP, and Server 2003 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted link that triggers an "unchecked buffer" in the library, possibly due to a buffer overflow.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 2000: any version
• Microsoft Windows 2003 Server: version enterprise only; version enterprise_64-bit only; version r2 only; version standard only; version web only
• Microsoft Windows 98: any version
• Microsoft Windows 98se: any version
• Microsoft Windows Me: any version
• Microsoft Windows XP: any version

Published 2005-05-02. Last modified 2026-06-16.