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CVE-2004-0216 Detail

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109760693512754&w=2 CVE, MITRE
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110616383332055&w=2 CVE, MITRE
http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=110619893620517&w=2 CVE, MITRE
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/637760 CVE, MITRE Patch  Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
http://www.ngssoftware.com/advisories/msinsengfull.txt CVE, MITRE
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-293A.html CVE, MITRE Patch  Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2004/ms04-038 CVE, MITRE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17620 CVE, MITRE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17651 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5316 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5329 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6100 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6600 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7717 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7865 CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2004-0216
NVD Published Date:
11/03/2004
NVD Last Modified:
04/02/2025
Source:
MITRE