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FKIE_CVE-2003-1048

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2004-07-27 04:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:03
Severity
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Double free vulnerability in mshtml.dll for certain versions of Internet Explorer 6.x allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed GIF image.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-September/009445.htmlBroken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-September/009473.htmlBroken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-September/009506.htmlBroken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-191.shtmlBroken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/685364Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8530Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-212A.htmlBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
cve@mitre.orghttps://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2004/ms04-025Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16804Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1793Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A206Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2100Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A212Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A236Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A509Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A517Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-September/009445.htmlBroken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-September/009473.htmlBroken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-September/009506.htmlBroken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-191.shtmlBroken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/685364Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8530Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-212A.htmlBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2004/ms04-025Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16804Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1793Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A206Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2100Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A212Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A236Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A509Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A517Broken Link
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
microsoft internet_explorer 5.01
microsoft internet_explorer 5.01
microsoft internet_explorer 5.01
microsoft internet_explorer 5.5
microsoft internet_explorer 6.0
microsoft internet_explorer 6.0
microsoft outlook 2000
microsoft outlook 2000
microsoft outlook 2000
microsoft windows_98 -
microsoft windows_98se -
microsoft windows_me -
microsoft windows_nt 4.0
microsoft windows_nt 4.0
microsoft windows_nt 4.0
microsoft windows_server_2003 -
microsoft windows_xp -
microsoft windows_xp -
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