CVE-2004-1922

Severity

26%

Complexity

49%

Confidentiality

48%

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0 allocates memory based on the memory size written in the BMP file instead of the actual BMP file size, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a small BMP file with has a large memory size.

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0 allocates memory based on the memory size written in the BMP file instead of the actual BMP file size, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a small BMP file with has a large memory size.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 2.6. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: high. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P).

Overview

Type

Microsoft

First reported 20 years ago

2004-04-11 04:00:00

Last updated 8 years ago

2016-10-18 03:03:00

Affected Software

Microsoft ie 5.5

5.5

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0

6.0

References

20040411 Microsoft Internet Explorer BMP file memory DoS vulnerability

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