CVE-2003-0346

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 32.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2003-08-27 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Multiple integer overflows in a Microsoft Windows DirectX MIDI library (QUARTZ.DLL) allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a MIDI (.mid) file with (1) large length for a Text or Copyright string, or (2) a large number of tracks, which leads to a heap-based buffer overflow.

Affected products

Microsoft Directx: 5.2, 6.1, 7.0, 7.0a, 8.1, 9.0a

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105899759824008&w=2
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-18.html
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/265232
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/561284
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-030
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1095
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1104
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A218
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105899759824008&w=2
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-18.html
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/265232
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/561284

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