CVE-2003-0113

Exp

Buffer overflow in URLMON.DLL in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5 and 6.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an HTTP response containing long values in (1) Content-type and (2) Content-encoding fields.

Published: 2003-05-12 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2003-0113 is rated High Exploit Risk (74.4/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 39.37%, 98th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2003-0113

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
22530 exploit_db edb 2003-04-23 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-0113

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 45.43% 39.37% -6.07%
2 2026-01-29 43.17% 45.43% +2.27%
3 2025-08-19 43.17%

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-0113

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2003-0113

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-0113

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft ie 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft internet_explorer 5.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft internet_explorer 5.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0.1:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft internet_explorer 5.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0.1:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft internet_explorer 5.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0.1:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft internet_explorer 5.5 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft internet_explorer 5.5 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft internet_explorer 5.5 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft internet_explorer 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-0113

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