01 Record
CVE-2004-2434
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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
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
- 32.76% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 98.1% 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
- 2005-08-18 04:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 01:29Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-08-18
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- baf1f758bb42349d8da782b6737b092455945b815355d37044d265499bd5bfd3
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.osvdb.org8335http://www.osvdb.org/8335
- securitytracker.com1010491http://securitytracker.com/id?1010491
- archives.neohapsis.com20040615 RE: Internet Explorer Remote Null Pointer Crash(mshtml.dll)http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-06/0428.html
- archives.neohapsis.com20040728 Re: Internet Explorer Remote Null Pointer Crash(mshtml.dll)http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-07/1126.html
- archives.neohapsis.com20040614 Internet Explorer Remote Null Pointer Crash(mshtml.dll)http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-06/0397.html
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comie-null-pointer-dos(16420)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16420
- www.securiteam.comhttp://www.securiteam.com/windowsntfocus/5IP020KDPU.html