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CVE-2003-0233

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.

Published: May 12, 2003 Modified: Jun 16, 2026

CVSS Metrics

Affected Products (9)

Vendor Product Version
microsoft ie 6.0
microsoft internet_explorer 5.0.1
microsoft internet_explorer 5.0.1
microsoft internet_explorer 5.0.1
microsoft internet_explorer 5.0.1
microsoft internet_explorer 5.5
microsoft internet_explorer 5.5
microsoft internet_explorer 5.5
microsoft internet_explorer 6.0

GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-2w86-q89h-9668

Heap-based buffer overflow in plugin.ocx for Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5 and 6.0 allows remote...

Risk Scores

CVSS Score 7.5 / 10
EPSS Score 18.89%

Top 3% most likely to be exploited

Threat Score 35.7 / 100

Data Sources

NVD EPSS GitHub