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CVE-2003-1048

high

Description

Double free vulnerability in mshtml.dll for certain versions of Internet Explorer 6.x allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed GIF image.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16804

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/685364

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A517

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A509

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A236

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A212

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2100

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A206

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1793

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2003-1038

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2004/ms04-025

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-212A.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8530

http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-191.shtml

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-September/009506.html

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-September/009473.html

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-September/009445.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2004-07-27

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.26628