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Fencer Vulns
high 7.2

CVE-2005-0047 json

Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003 does not properly "validate the use of memory regions" for COM structured storage files, which allows att…

published 2005-02-08 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-0048

cvss
7.2
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.4%
EPSS 4.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003 does not properly "validate the use of memory regions" for COM structured storage files, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code, aka the "COM Structured Storage Vulnerability."

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-1019)

Exploit prediction

4.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-1019 Microsoft Windows - COM Structured Storage Local (MS05-012) local, 2005-05-31

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.