CVE-2004-0842

Summary

CVECVE-2004-0842
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2004-12-23 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2021-07-23 12:55:00 UTC
DescriptionInternet Explorer 6.0 SP1 and earlier, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash from "memory corruption") via certain malformed Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) elements that trigger heap-based buffer overflows, as demonstrated using the "<STYLE>@;/*" string, possibly due to a missing comment terminator that may cause an invalid length to trigger a large memory copy operation, aka the "CSS Heap Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Avaya Definity One Media Server All All All All
Hardware Avaya Definity One Media Server All All All All
Application Avaya Ip600 Media Servers All All All All
Application Avaya Ip600 Media Servers All All All All
Operating System Avaya Modular Messaging Message Storage Server 1.1 All All All
Operating System Avaya Modular Messaging Message Storage Server 2.0 All All All
Operating System Avaya Modular Messaging Message Storage Server 1.1 All All All
Operating System Avaya Modular Messaging Message Storage Server 2.0 All All All
Hardware Avaya S3400 All All All All
Hardware Avaya S3400 All All All All
Hardware Avaya S8100 All All All All
Hardware Avaya S8100 All All All All
Application Microsoft Ie 5.0.1 All All All
Application Microsoft Ie 5.0.1 sp1 All All
Application Microsoft Ie 5.0.1 sp2 All All
Application Microsoft Ie 5.0.1 sp3 All All
Application Microsoft Ie 5.0.1 sp4 All All
Application Microsoft Ie 5.5 All All All
Application Microsoft Ie 5.5 sp1 All All
Application Microsoft Ie 5.5 sp2 All All
Application Microsoft Ie 6.0 All All All
Application Microsoft Ie 6.0 sp1 All All
Application Microsoft Ie 5.0.1 All All All
Application Microsoft Ie 5.0.1 sp1 All All
Application Microsoft Ie 5.0.1 sp2 All All
Application Microsoft Ie 5.0.1 sp3 All All
Application Microsoft Ie 5.0.1 sp4 All All
Application Microsoft Ie 5.5 All All All
Application Microsoft Ie 5.5 sp1 All All
Application Microsoft Ie 5.5 sp2 All All
Application Microsoft Ie 6.0 All All All
Application Microsoft Ie 6.0 sp1 All All
Application Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0.1 All All All
Application Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0.1 sp1 All All
Application Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0.1 sp2 All All
Application Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0.1 sp3 All All
Application Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0.1 sp4 All All
Application Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 All All All
Application Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 sp1 All All
Application Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 sp2 All All
Application Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
E-CQURITY :: Research MISC www.ecqurity.com Exploit, Vendor Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
Secunia - Advisories - Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities SECUNIA secunia.com
P-006 CIAC www.ciac.org
SecuriTeam.com ™ - Buffer Overflow In Internet Explorer CSS Parsing (MS04-038) MISC www.securiteam.com
'Re: [Full-Disclosure] Crash IE with 11 bytes ;)' - MARC FULLDISC marc.info
'Re: [Full-Disclosure] Crash IE with 11 bytes ;)' - MARC BUGTRAQ marc.info
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA04-293A -- Multiple Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Internet Explorer CERT www.us-cert.gov US Government Resource
Microsoft Internet Explorer Style Tag Comment Memory Corruption Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#291304 CERT-VN www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-038 - Critical | Microsoft Docs MS docs.microsoft.com
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
'[Full-Disclosure] Crash IE with 11 bytes ;)' - MARC FULLDISC marc.info
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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