CVE-2004-0842

N/A Unknown
Published: December 23, 2004 Modified: April 16, 2026
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Description

Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 and earlier, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash from "memory corruption") via certain malformed Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) elements that trigger heap-based buffer overflows, as demonstrated using the "<STYLE>@;/*" string, possibly due to a missing comment terminator that may cause an invalid length to trigger a large memory copy operation, aka the "CSS Heap Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.ecqurity.com/adv/IEstyle.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/291304
Source: cve@mitre.org
US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10816
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-293A.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
US Government Resource
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109107496214572&w=2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=109060455614702&w=2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=109102919426844&w=2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/12806
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-006.shtml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ecqurity.com/adv/IEstyle.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/291304
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
US Government Resource
http://www.securiteam.com/exploits/5NP042KF5A.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10816
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-293A.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
US Government Resource
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16675
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

34 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
84.3%
99th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

avaya microsoft