CVE-2004-2434

Published Dec 31, 2004

Last updated 8 years ago

Overview

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.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 5
Impact score: 2.9
Exploitability score: 10
Vector string: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "24DF2AB3-DEAB-4D70-986E-FFBB7E64B96A"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References