Integer overflow in the Install Engine (inseng.dll) for Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5, and 6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary…

Description

Integer overflow in the Install Engine (inseng.dll) for Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5, and 6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malicious website or HTML email with a long .CAB file name, which triggers the integer overflow when calculating a buffer length and leads to a heap-based buffer overflow.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

48.7% · top 1.1% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (15)

• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5316 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• http://www.ngssoftware.com/advisories/msinsengfull.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• VU#637760 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
• MS04-038 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
• ie-installenginectl-setciffile-bo(17620) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7865 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• TA04-293A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
• ie-ms04038-patch(17651) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7717 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6100 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6600 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 20050119 Microsoft Internet Explorer Install Engine Control Buffer Overflow (#NISR19012005a) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 20041012 Microsoft Internet Explorer Install Engine Control Buffer Overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 20050119 Microsoft Internet Explorer Install Engine Control Buffer Overflow (#NISR19012005a) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_NTBUGTRAQx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5329 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2004-0216](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2004-0216.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2004-0216)

Record last updated 8 Aug 2024, 00:10 UTC.