01 Record
CVE-2004-0978
Heap-based buffer overflow in the Hrtbeat.ocx (Heartbeat) ActiveX control for Internet Explorer 5.01 through 6, when users who visit online gaming sites that are associated with MSN, allows remote
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the Hrtbeat.ocx (Heartbeat) ActiveX control for Internet Explorer 5.01 through 6, when users who visit online gaming sites that are associated with MSN, allows remote
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
- 38.31% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 98.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- 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
- 2004-10-21 04:00Z22 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 00:39Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2004-10-20
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- cf7d5d8ec0be496bd63b9f42f39f0f0480a712bef13a0077ac4b212231a12518
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- marc.info20050119 MSN Heartbeat Control Buffer Overflowhttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110616221411579&w=2
- www.kb.cert.orgVU#673134http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/673134
- docs.microsoft.comMS04-038https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2004/ms04-038
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comheartbeat-activex(17714)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17714
- www.securityfocus.com11367http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11367
- www.ngssoftware.comhttp://www.ngssoftware.com/advisories/heartbeatfull.txt