CVE-2003-1275 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Pocket Internet Explorer by triggering a recursive JavaScript call via innerHTML, requiring user interaction to visit a malicious page.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2003-1275?
CVE-2003-1275 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Nov 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Pocket Internet Explorer (PIE) 3.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a Javascript function that uses the object.innerHTML function to recursively call that function.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2003-1275?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Pocket Ie.
How do I fix CVE-2003-1275?
No fix has been published for CVE-2003-1275 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2003-1275 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2003-1275 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4j96-pcv8-f59x.