CVE-2004-0214

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 47.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2004-10-16 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Internet Explorer and Explorer on Windows XP SP1, WIndows 2000, Windows 98, and Windows Me may allow remote malicious servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via long share names, as demonstrated using Samba.

Affected products

Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 6.0.2900
Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions
Microsoft Windows 98: all versions
Microsoft Windows Me: all versions
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

http://seclists.org/lists/bugtraq/2004/Apr/0322.html
http://seclists.org/lists/fulldisclosure/2004/Apr/0933.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/11482/
http://securitytracker.com/id?1011647
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B322857
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/616200
http://www.osvdb.org/5687
http://www.securiteam.com/windowsntfocus/5JP0M1PCKI.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10213
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2004/ms04-037
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15956
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17662

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