CVE-2003-0344: Microsoft Ie

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 81.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5, and 6.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via / (slash) characters in the Type property of an Object tag in a web page.

Affected products

• Microsoft Ie: version 6.0 only
• Microsoft Internet Explorer: version 5.01 only; version 5.5 only; version 6.0 only

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