CVE-2008-5232: Microsoft Windows 2000

High severity, CVSS 9.3. EPSS: 32.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 2000: affected versions not specified
• Microsoft Windows Nt: version 4.0 only

Published 2008-11-26. Last modified 2026-06-16.