CVE-2013-5023

medium

Published 2013-08-06 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

4.3

Description

The ActiveX controls in the HelpAsst component in NI Help Links in National Instruments LabWindows/CVI 2012 SP1 and earlier, LabVIEW 2012 SP1 and earlier, and other products allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service by triggering the display of local .chm files.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
ni	diadem	`{"endIncluding":"2012"}`
ni	labview	`{"endIncluding":"2012"}`
ni	labwindows	`{"endIncluding":"2012"}`
ni	measurementstudio	`{"endIncluding":"2013"}`
ni	teststand	`{"endIncluding":"2012"}`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.