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CVE-2003-0233

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 18.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2003-05-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in plugin.ocx for Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5 and 6.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the Load() method, a different vulnerability than CVE-2003-0115.

Affected products

• Microsoft Ie: 6.0-sp1
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 5.0.1, 5.0.1-sp1, 5.0.1-sp2, 5.0.1-sp3, 5.5, 5.5-sp1 (+2)

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105120164927952&w=2
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11854.php
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-015
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1094
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105120164927952&w=2
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11854.php
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-015
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1094

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