CVE-2004-2011 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

msxml3.dll in Internet Explorer 6.0.2600.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a single & (ampersand) in a <Ref href> link, which triggers a parsing error, possibly due to missing portions of the URI.

Published: 2005-05-10

Score: 2.6 Low

EPSS: 9.5% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0.2600:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2004-2003	msxml3.dll in Internet Explorer 6.0.2600.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a single & (ampersand) in a <Ref href> link, which triggers a parsing error, possibly due to missing portions of the URI.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.09545.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108422549617947&w=2
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16112

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Internet Explorer

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-05-10T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T01:15:01.216Z

Reserved: 2005-05-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-2011

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2004-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2004-2011

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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