7.5

CVE-2003-0233: microsoft ie

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
Published 02-05-2003Last modified 08-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2003-0233 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in microsoft ie. EPSS estimates a 18.89% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
34/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
18.89%
0%100%
Medium · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 02-05-2003
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in plugin.ocx for Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5 and 6.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the Load() method, a different vulnerability than CVE-2003-0115.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

18.89%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

97%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 18.89% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
18.89%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Microsoft2 products
  • ie6.0:sp1
  • internet_explorer5.01 | 5.01:sp1 | 5.01:sp2 | 5.01:sp3 | 5.5 | 5.5:sp1 | 5.5:sp2 | 6.0

1 vendor · 2 products

References

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