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CVE-2004-0284
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0, Outlook 2002, and Outlook 2003 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption), if…
Medium5.0EPSS 16.8%
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Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0, Outlook 2002, and Outlook 2003 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption), if "Do not save encrypted pages to disk" is disabled, via a web site or HTML e-mail that contains two null characters (%00) after the host name.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 16.8% · top 3.0% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (3)
- 9629 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ie-host-null-dos(15127) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20040210 ASPR #2004-01-20-1: Internet Explorer/Outlook double null character DoS (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
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