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CVE-2004-2434

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.0 Published: 2004-12-31 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (browser crash) via a link with "::{" (colon colon left brace), which triggers a null dereference when the user attempts to save the link using "Save As" and Internet Explorer prepares an error message with an attacker-controlled format string.

Affected Platforms

Microsoft Ie

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References