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CVE-2003-0503

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 6.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2003-08-07 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in the ShellExecute API function of SHELL32.DLL in Windows 2000 before SP4 may allow attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via a long third argument.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105725489003575&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=105724538222772&w=2
• http://www.lac.co.jp/security/intelligence/SNSAdvisory/65.html
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105725489003575&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=105724538222772&w=2
• http://www.lac.co.jp/security/intelligence/SNSAdvisory/65.html

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