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CVE-2003-0469

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 44.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2003-08-07 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in the HTML Converter (HTML32.cnv) on various Windows operating systems allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via cut-and-paste operation, as demonstrated in Internet Explorer 5.0 using a long "align" argument in an HR tag.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions
• Microsoft Windows 2003 Server: 64-bit, r2
• Microsoft Windows 98: all versions
• Microsoft Windows 98Se: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Me: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Nt: 4.0
• Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

• http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-July/006155.html
• http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-June/006067.html
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105639925122961&w=2
• http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-14.html
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/823260
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8016
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-023
• http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-July/006155.html
• http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-June/006067.html
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105639925122961&w=2
• http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-14.html
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/823260

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