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CVE-2003-0897

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2003-11-17 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

"Shatter" vulnerability in CommCtl32.dll in Windows XP may allow local users to execute arbitrary code by sending (1) BCM_GETTEXTMARGIN or (2) BCM_SETTEXTMARGIN button control messages to privileged applications.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106692772510010&w=2
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13558
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106692772510010&w=2
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13558

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