CVE-2004-2011

Severity: low (CVSS 2.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2004-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

msxml3.dll in Internet Explorer 6.0.2600.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a single & (ampersand) in a <Ref href> link, which triggers a parsing error, possibly due to missing portions of the URI.

Affected products

Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 6.0.2600

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108422549617947&w=2
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16112
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108422549617947&w=2
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16112

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