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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 10, 2002· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2002-0693

CVE-2002-0693

Description

Buffer overflow in the HTML Help ActiveX Control (hhctrl.ocx) in Microsoft Windows 98, 98 Second Edition, Millennium Edition, NT 4.0, NT 4.0 Terminal Server Edition, Windows 2000, and Windows XP allows remote attackers to execute code via (1) a long parameter to the Alink function, or (2) script containing a long argument to the showHelp function.

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Affected products

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  • Microsoft/Windows 20004 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Microsoft/Windows 2000 Terminal Services4 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000_terminal_services:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000_terminal_services:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000_terminal_services:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000_terminal_services:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000_terminal_services:*:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Microsoft/Windows 982 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_98:*:gold:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_98:*:gold:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_98se:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Microsoft/Windows Me
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_me:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Microsoft/Windows Nt32 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:*:enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*+ 31 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:*:enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:*:server:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:sp1:enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:sp1:server:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:sp1:terminal_server:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:sp1:workstation:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:sp2:enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:sp2:server:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:sp2:terminal_server:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:sp2:workstation:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:sp3:enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:sp3:server:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:sp3:terminal_server:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:sp3:workstation:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:sp4:enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:sp4:server:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:sp4:terminal_server:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:sp4:workstation:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:sp5:enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:sp5:server:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:sp5:terminal_server:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:sp5:workstation:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:sp6a:enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:sp6a:server:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:sp6a:terminal_server:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:sp6a:workstation:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:sp6:enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:sp6:server:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:sp6:terminal_server:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:sp6:workstation:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:*:terminal_server:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:*:workstation:*:*:*:*:*
  • Microsoft/Windows Xp3 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:gold:professional:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:gold:professional:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:*:home:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp1:home:*:*:*:*:*
  • Microsoft/HTML Help ActiveX controlllm-fuzzy

Patches

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References

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