CVE-2004-2434

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 32.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-08-18 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (browser crash) via a link with "::{" (colon colon left brace), which triggers a null dereference when the user attempts to save the link using "Save As" and Internet Explorer prepares an error message with an attacker-controlled format string.

Affected products

Microsoft Ie: 6.0-sp1

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-06/0397.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-06/0428.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-07/1126.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1010491
http://www.osvdb.org/8335
http://www.securiteam.com/windowsntfocus/5IP020KDPU.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16420
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-06/0397.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-06/0428.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-07/1126.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1010491
http://www.osvdb.org/8335

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