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CVE-2004-2307

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 14.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2005-08-16 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0.2600 on Windows XP allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (browser crash) via a shell: URI with double backslashes (\\) in an HTML tag such as IFRAME or A.

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 6.0.2600
• Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/358043
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9924
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15544
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/358043
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9924
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15544

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