CVE Catalog

CVE-2003-0701

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Buffer overflow in Internet Explorer 6 SP1 for certain languages that support double-byte encodings (e.g., Japanese) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the Type property of an Object tag.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to remotely execute code, potentially leading to full control over the user's system.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Internet Explorer to the latest version and apply relevant security patches.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in Internet Explorer 6 SP1 for certain languages that support double-byte encodings (e.g., Japanese) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the Type property of an Object tag, a variant of CVE-2003-0344.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS