CVE-2004-2434

MediumCVSS 5.0/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 5.0/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-06/0397.htmlExploit, Vendor Advisory
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-06/0428.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-07/1126.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1010491Exploit, Vendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/8335Exploit
http://www.securiteam.com/windowsntfocus/5IP020KDPU.htmlExploit, Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16420
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-06/0397.htmlExploit, Vendor Advisory
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-06/0428.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-07/1126.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1010491Exploit, Vendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/8335Exploit
http://www.securiteam.com/windowsntfocus/5IP020KDPU.htmlExploit, Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16420

Timeline

Published: Dec 31, 2004
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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