CVE Catalog

CVE-2004-1050

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Heap-based buffer overflow in Internet Explorer 6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long SRC or NAME attributes in IFRAME, FRAME, and EMBED elements, originally discovered using the mangleme utility, also known as 'the IFRAME vulnerability' or 'HTML Elements Vulnerability'.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can remotely execute arbitrary code on the victim's computer, potentially leading to system compromise, data theft, or malware installation.

Recommendation

Apply the security update provided by Microsoft for Internet Explorer 6 immediately, or consider migrating to a newer, supported browser version.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Heap-based buffer overflow in Internet Explorer 6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long (1) SRC or (2) NAME attributes in IFRAME, FRAME, and EMBED elements, as originally discovered using the mangleme utility, aka "the IFRAME vulnerability" or the "HTML Elements Vulnerability."

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS