CVE-2004-1050 EXPLOIT
10.0
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 67.1% (pctl 99)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in Internet Explorer 6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long (1) SRC or (2) NAME attributes in IFRAME, FRAME, and EMBED elements, as originally discovered using the mangleme utility, aka "the IFRAME vulnerability" or the "HTML Elements Vulnerability."
Scoring
| CVSS | 10.0 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| EPSS | 67.06% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2004-12-31 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (7)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| avaya | definity one media server |
| avaya | ip600 media servers |
| avaya | modular messaging message storage server |
| avaya | s3400 |
| avaya | s8100 |
| microsoft | ie |
| microsoft | internet explorer |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 - IFRAME Tag Buffer Overflow | 2004-11-02 |
References
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-October/028009.html
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-October/028035.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109942758911846&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/12959/
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/842160
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/379261
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11515
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-315A.html
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-336A.html
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2004/ms04-040
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17889
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1294
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-October/028009.html
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-October/028035.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109942758911846&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/12959/
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/842160
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/379261
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11515
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-315A.html
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