01 Record
CVE-2003-1048
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.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 26.62% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 97.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2004-07-21 04:00Z22 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 02:12Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2004-07-20
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-415Double FreeVariant
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 8a9ea7d2355a46a11b3a230888ca9d54835560b6420d9cd9a0637749e7803e7a
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.kb.cert.orgVU#685364http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/685364
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comie-mshtml-gif-bo(16804)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16804
- lists.grok.org.uk20040903 Re: [Full-Disclosure] New Microsoft Internet Explorer mshtml.dll Denial of Service?http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-September/009506.html
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:509https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A509
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:236https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A236
- www.securityfocus.com8530http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8530
- lists.grok.org.uk20030902 New Microsoft Internet Explorer mshtml.dll Denial of Service?http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-September/009445.html
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:1793https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1793
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:206https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A206
- docs.microsoft.comMS04-025https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2004/ms04-025
- lists.grok.org.uk20040902 AW: [Full-Disclosure] New Microsoft Internet Explorer mshtml.dllhttp://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-September/009473.html
- www.us-cert.govTA04-212Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-212A.html
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:517https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A517
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:2100https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2100
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:212https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A212
- www.ciac.orgO-191http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-191.shtml