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CVE-2003-1048

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: July 21, 2004 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:03 PM UTC
8 products affected across 1 vendorInternet ExplorerWindows XpWindows Server 2003

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 27%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (16)

Mailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISCBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-September/009445.html
Mailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISCBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-September/009473.html
Mailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISCBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-September/009506.html
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resourcex_refsource_CIACBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-191.shtml
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
Source: [email protected]
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/685364
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8530
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERTBroken LinkUS Government Resource
Source: [email protected]
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-212A.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MSPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2004/ms04-025

CVSS

7.8HIGH[email protected]
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-415

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