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CVE-2003-0233 (GCVE-0-2003-0233)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2003-05-02 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 01:43
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Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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Date Public
2003-04-24 00:00
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