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CVE-2000-0464

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 13.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2000-05-17 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Internet Explorer 4.x and 5.x allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a buffer overflow in the ActiveX parameter parsing capability, aka the "Malformed Component Attribute" vulnerability.

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 4.0, 4.0.1, 5.0, 5.01

References

• http://www.microsoft.com/technet/support/kb.asp?ID=261257
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1223
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-033
• http://www.microsoft.com/technet/support/kb.asp?ID=261257
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1223
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-033

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