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CVE-2003-0179
Buffer overflow in the COM Object Control Handler for Lotus Domino 6.0.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via…
High7.5EPSS 7.7%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Buffer overflow in the COM Object Control Handler for Lotus Domino 6.0.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via multiple attack vectors, as demonstrated using the InitializeUsingNotesUserName method in the iNotes ActiveX control.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 21 years later
· 21 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.7% · top 5.3% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (12)
- 20030217 Domino Advisories UPDATE (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21104543 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- CA-2003-11 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 20030217 Lotus iNotes Client ActiveX Control Buffer Overrun (#NISR17022003c) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_NTBUGTRAQx_transferred
- 6872 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- VU#571297 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 20030217 Domino Advisories UPDATE (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_NTBUGTRAQx_transferred
- N-065 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIACx_transferred
- lotus-notes-activex-bo(11339) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20030217 Lotus iNotes Client ActiveX Control Buffer Overrun (#NISR17022003c) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_VULNWATCHx_transferred
- http://www.nextgenss.com/advisories/lotus-inotesclientaxbo.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20030217 Lotus iNotes Client ActiveX Control Buffer Overrun (#NISR17022003c) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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