CVE-2004-1198

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2004-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash from memory consumption), as demonstrated using Javascript code that continuously creates nested arrays and then sorts the newly created arrays.

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-11/1221.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/382257
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11751
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18282
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-11/1221.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/382257
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11751
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18282

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