CVE-2003-0897: Microsoft Windows XP

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

"Shatter" vulnerability in CommCtl32.dll in Windows XP may allow local users to execute arbitrary code by sending (1) BCM_GETTEXTMARGIN or (2) BCM_SETTEXTMARGIN button control messages to privileged applications.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows XP: any version

Published 2003-11-17. Last modified 2026-06-16.