CVE-2003-0711

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 37.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2003-11-17 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the PCHealth system in the Help and Support Center function in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long query in an HCP URL.

Affected products

Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server: enterprise, enterprise_64-bit, r2, standard, web
Microsoft Windows Me: all versions
Microsoft Windows Nt: 4.0, 4.0-sp1, 4.0-sp2, 4.0-sp3, 4.0-sp4, 4.0-sp5 (+2)
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106631908105696&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=106632194809632&w=2
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-27.html
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/467036
http://www.ngssoftware.com/advisories/ms-pchealth.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8828
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-044
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A217
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3685
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3889
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4706
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106631908105696&w=2

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