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CVE-2004-1050: Microsoft Internet Explorer: Buffer overflow

CVE-2004-1050 has a CVSS v2 base score of 10.0 (the maximum on that scale) and affects Microsoft Internet Explorer, along with 6 other products in NVD’s configuration data. Per its scoring, it can be exploited over the network, without authentication. The scored impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability is the highest available.

Vulnerability 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."

Severity breakdown

CVSS v2.0 10.0: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

  • Access vector: Network. Exploitable remotely over the network.
  • Access complexity: Low. No special conditions are required.
  • Authentication: None. No authentication is needed.
  • Confidentiality impact: Complete. Total information disclosure.
  • Integrity impact: Complete. Total loss of integrity.
  • Availability impact: Complete. Total shutdown of the component.

Affected products

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer: 6.0
  • Avaya Ip600 Media Servers: all versions listed by NVD; r6; r7; r8; r9; r10; r11; r12
  • Microsoft Ie: 6.0 sp1
  • Avaya Definity One Media Server: all versions listed by NVD; r6; r7; r8; r9; r10; r11; r12
  • Avaya S3400: all versions listed by NVD
  • Avaya S8100: all versions listed by NVD; r6; r7; r8; r9; r10; r11; r12
  • Avaya Modular Messaging Message Storage Server: s3400

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