CVE-2000-0256

Exp

Buffer overflows in htimage.exe and Imagemap.exe in FrontPage 97 and 98 Server Extensions allow a user to conduct activities that are not otherwise available through the web site, aka the "Server-Side Image Map Components" vulnerability.

Published: 2000-04-19 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2000-0256 is rated High Exploit Risk (76/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 21.59%, 96th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2000-0256

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
19853 exploit_db edb 2000-04-19 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2000-0256

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-03-14 24.02% 21.59% -2.43%
2 2025-07-30 34.08% 24.02% -10.06%
3 2025-07-02 — 34.08% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2000-0256

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2000-0256

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2000-0256

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft frontpage — cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:frontpage:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft personal_web_server 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:personal_web_server:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_nt 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2000-0256

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