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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2003-0469

Buffer overflow in the HTML Converter (HTML32.cnv) on various Windows operating systems allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via cut-and-paste operation, as demonstrated in Internet Explorer…

HIGH 7.5EPSS 44.6%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 44.6%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Buffer overflow in the HTML Converter (HTML32.cnv) on various Windows operating systems allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via cut-and-paste operation, as demonstrated in Internet Explorer 5.0 using a long "align" argument in an HR tag.

CVSS 2.0
7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
44.63% probability · 99th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
microsoft/windows 2000 · microsoft/windows 2003 server · microsoft/windows 98 · microsoft/windows 98se · microsoft/windows me · microsoft/windows nt · microsoft/windows xp
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.