CVE-2003-0469
highpriority · attend · 56EPSS 0.446 · 99 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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exploits (1)
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- EDB-22824Microsoft Windows XP/2000/NT 4.0 - HTML Converter HR Align Buffer Overflowfunctional · exploit_db
affected products (9)
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also known as (2)
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sources
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references (14)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-July/006155.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-June/006067.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105639925122961&w=2enisa_euvd
- http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-14.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/823260enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8016enisa_euvd
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-023enisa_euvd
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-July/006155.htmlnvd
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