CVE-1999-1577

MediumCVSS 5.1/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Buffer overflow in HHOpen ActiveX control (hhopen.ocx) 1.0.0.1 for Internet Explorer 4.01 and 5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via long arguments to the OpenHelp method.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 5.1/10AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

Timeline

Published: Oct 31, 1999
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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