CVE-2008-0066
Multiple buffer overflows in htmsr.dll in the HTML speed reader in Autonomy (formerly Verity) KeyView, as used by IBM Lotus Notes 7.0.2…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 5.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 7.1% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in htmsr.dll in the HTML speed reader in Autonomy (formerly Verity) KeyView, as used by IBM Lotus Notes 7.0.2 and 7.0.3, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an HTML document with (1) "large chunks of data," or a long URL in the (2) BACKGROUND attribute of a BODY element or (3) SRC attribute of an IMG element.
Timeline
ID reserved
By flexera
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.5% · top 7.1% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
11
- 28140 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 28209 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1019843 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1156 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-3/advisory/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=463&uid=swg21298453 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 28454 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 28210 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20080414 Secunia Research: Lotus Notes htmsr.dll Buffer Overflows (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1153 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- autonomy-keyview-html-multiple-bo(41724) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-0079 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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