CVE-2004-1050

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Internet Explorer 6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long (1) SRC or (2) NAME attributes in IFRAME, FRAME, and EMBED elements, as originally discovered using the mangleme utility, aka "the IFRAME vulnerability" or the "HTML Elements Vulnerability."

10.0

CVSS

Severity: Critical

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 75.60% Top 5%

Vendor Advisory microsoft.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/842160	third party advisory us government resource
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-October/028009.html	mailing list
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2004/ms04-040	vendor advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109942758911846&w=2	mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11515	vdb entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1294	vdb entry signature
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-October/028035.html	mailing list
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-315A.html	third party advisory us government resource
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17889	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/12959/	third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/379261	mailing list
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-336A.html	third party advisory us government resource

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2004-1050?: CVE-2004-1050 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2004-1050?: To fix CVE-2004-1050, 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-2004-1050 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2004-1050 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~76% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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