CVE-2003-0665

CVE-2003-0665 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability within the ActiveX control of Microsoft Access Snapshot Viewer, affecting Access versions 97, 2000, and 2002. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system by providing excessively long parameters to the ActiveX control. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N). Successful exploitation could lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:P/I:P/A:P) on the affected system. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available via ExploitDB (EDB-23095), and the vulnerability has garnered significant community attention with over 10 mentions, indicating its potential for exploitation.