CVE-2003-0344

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 81.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2003-06-16 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5, and 6.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via / (slash) characters in the Type property of an Object tag in a web page.

Affected products

Microsoft Ie: 6.0
Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 5.01, 5.5, 6.0

References

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-July/006401.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105476381609135&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/8943
http://www.eeye.com/html/Research/Advisories/AD20030604.html
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/679556
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-020
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A922
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-July/006401.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105476381609135&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/8943
http://www.eeye.com/html/Research/Advisories/AD20030604.html
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/679556

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