CVE-2004-2434 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 32.8% (pctl 98)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 32.76% — more likely to be exploited than 98% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2004-12-31 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| microsoft | ie |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Microsoft Internet Explorer - 'mshtml.dll' Remote Null Pointer Crash | 2004-08-04 |
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-06/0397.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-06/0428.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-07/1126.html
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1010491
- http://www.osvdb.org/8335
- http://www.securiteam.com/windowsntfocus/5IP020KDPU.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16420
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-06/0397.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-06/0428.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-07/1126.html
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1010491
- http://www.osvdb.org/8335
- http://www.securiteam.com/windowsntfocus/5IP020KDPU.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16420
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