CVE-2004-0284

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.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 11.27% Top 10%

Vendor Advisory securityfocus.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9629	patch vendor advisory vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15127	vdb entry
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107643134712133&w=2	mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2004-0284?: CVE-2004-0284 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2004-0284?: To fix CVE-2004-0284, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2004-0284 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2004-0284 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~11% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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