CVE-2004-0216
HIGHEPSS 99th pctlDescription
Integer overflow in the Install Engine (inseng.dll) for Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5, and 6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malicious website or HTML email with a long .CAB file name, which triggers the integer overflow when calculating a buffer length and leads to a heap-based buffer overflow.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 99% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109760693512754&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110616383332055&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=110619893620517&w=2
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/637760
- http://www.ngssoftware.com/advisories/msinsengfull.txt
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-293A.html
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2004/ms04-038
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17620
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17651
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5316
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5329
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6100
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6600
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7717
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7865
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Start freeThis product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-16.