CVE-2003-0306: Microsoft Windows XP

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in EXPLORER.EXE on Windows XP allows attackers to execute arbitrary code as the XP user via a desktop.ini file with a long .ShellClassInfo parameter.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows XP: any version

Published 2003-06-09. Last modified 2026-06-16.