CVE & CISA-KEV CatalogNVD
CVE-2003-1048
HIGHEPSS 98th pctl7.8
CVSS v3
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.
CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Attack VectorLocal
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionRequired
ScopeUnchanged
Impact
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploit Intelligence
26.63%probability of exploitation in 30 days
98thpercentile
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 98% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-September/009445.html
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-September/009473.html
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-September/009506.html
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-191.shtml
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/685364
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8530
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-212A.html
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2004/ms04-025
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16804
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1793
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A206
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2100
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A212
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A236
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A509
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A517
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