CVE-2004-0216

Critical

Description

Integer overflow in the Install Engine (inseng.dll) for Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5, and 6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malicious website or HTML email with a long .CAB file name, which triggers the integer overflow when calculating a buffer length and leads to a heap-based buffer overflow.

SeverityCritical

CVSS10.0

Exploit probability99. percentile48.7%

Product

Microsoft Internet Explorer

PublishedNov 3, 2004

First seenNov 3, 2004

How to fix

Vendor advisories

docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2004/ms04-038

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
microsoft internet_explorer	5.01, 5.5	—
microsoft ie	6	—

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