Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (browser crash) via a link with "::{" (colon…

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

32.8% · top 1.6% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

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

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (7)

• 8335 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• 1010491 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• 20040615 RE: Internet Explorer Remote Null Pointer Crash(mshtml.dll) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
• 20040728 Re: Internet Explorer Remote Null Pointer Crash(mshtml.dll) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
• 20040614 Internet Explorer Remote Null Pointer Crash(mshtml.dll) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
• ie-null-pointer-dos(16420) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• http://www.securiteam.com/windowsntfocus/5IP020KDPU.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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-2004-2434](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2004-2434.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2004-2434)

Record last updated 8 Aug 2024, 01:29 UTC.