CVE-2003-1484: microsoft ie

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2003-1484 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability in microsoft ie. EPSS estimates a 11.09% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 24-10-2007
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 08-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by creating a DHTML link that uses the AnchorClick "A" object with a blank href attribute.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.