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CVE-2004-0842
Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 and earlier, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application…
High7.5EPSS 56.6%
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- Updated
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- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 and earlier, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash from "memory corruption") via certain malformed Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) elements that trigger heap-based buffer overflows, as demonstrated using the "<STYLE>@;/*" string, possibly due to a missing comment terminator that may cause an invalid length to trigger a large memory copy operation, aka the "CSS Heap Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 56.6% · top 0.9% 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: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (17)
- 20040728 Re: Crash IE with 11 bytes ;) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:4169 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- MS04-038 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- http://www.securiteam.com/exploits/5NP042KF5A.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- VU#291304 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2906 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 20040723 Crash IE with 11 bytes ;) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- http://www.ecqurity.com/adv/IEstyle.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5592 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- ie-popupshow-perform-actions(16675) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- TA04-293A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 20040728 Re: Crash IE with 11 bytes ;) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 12806 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- P-006 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIACx_transferred
- 10816 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6579 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:3372 (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)
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