CVE-2004-2434
Microsoft Internet Explorer - 'mshtml.dll' Remote Null Pointer Crash
Severity Score
6.5
*CVSS v3
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
5
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
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*KEV
Decision
-
*SSVC
Descriptions
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (browser crash) via a link with "::{" (colon colon left brace), which triggers a null dereference when the user attempts to save the link using "Save As" and Internet Explorer prepares an error message with an attacker-controlled format string.
*Credits:
N/A
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* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
- Decision:-
Exploitation
Automatable
Tech. Impact
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
- 2004-08-04 First Exploit
- 2004-12-31 CVE Published
- 2005-08-18 CVE Reserved
- 2024-08-08 CVE Updated
- 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
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CWE
CAPEC
References (8)
| URL | Tag | Source |
|---|---|---|
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-06/0428.html | Mailing List | |
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-07/1126.html | Mailing List | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16420 | Vdb Entry |
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/376 | 2004-08-04 | |
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-06/0397.html | 2024-08-08 | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1010491 | 2024-08-08 | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/8335 | 2024-08-08 | |
| http://www.securiteam.com/windowsntfocus/5IP020KDPU.html | 2024-08-08 |
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