Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 23, 2007· Updated Apr 23, 2026

CVE-2007-0427

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Help Workshop 4.03.0002 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a help project (.HPJ) file with a long HLP field in the OPTIONS section.

Affected products

Microsoft/HTML Help Workshop
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:html_help_workshop:4.03.0002:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

www.anspi.pl/~porkythepig/visualization/hpj-x01.cppnvdExploit
www.securityfocus.com/bid/22135nvdExploit
osvdb.org/31899nvd
secunia.com/advisories/23862nvd
securityreason.com/securityalert/2177nvd
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/457436/100/0/threadednvd

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