{
    "id": "CVE-2004-2434",
    "published": "2004-12-31 05:00:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 22:09:38",
    "cvss_score": "5.0",
    "cvss_severity": "MEDIUM",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P",
    "cwe": null,
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.32761",
    "epss_percentile": "0.98295",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-26 18:14:32",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "ie"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "376",
            "title": "Microsoft Internet Explorer - 'mshtml.dll' Remote Null Pointer Crash",
            "date": "2004-08-04",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/376"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "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"
    ]
}