CVE-2005-0057
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.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 41.3%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 41.31% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- microsoft/windows 2000 · microsoft/windows 2003 server · microsoft/windows 98 · microsoft/windows 98se · microsoft/windows me · microsoft/windows xp
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 41.3% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14195
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1013119
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/820427Patch, US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12479
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-039A.htmlPatch, US Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-015
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19110
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2570
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3203
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A713
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14195
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1013119
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/820427Patch, US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12479
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-039A.htmlPatch, US Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-015
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19110
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2570
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3203
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A713
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.