CVE-2004-0284 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause CPU exhaustion in Internet Explorer and Outlook via crafted HTML if encrypted page caching is disabled.
- 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-2004-0284?
CVE-2004-0284 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Ie, published on 18 Mar 2004. 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
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0, Outlook 2002, and Outlook 2003 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption), if "Do not save encrypted pages to disk" is disabled, via a web site or HTML e-mail that contains two null characters (%00) after the host name.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-0284?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Microsoft Ie, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Outlook.
How do I fix CVE-2004-0284?
No fix has been published for CVE-2004-0284 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-2004-0284 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-0284 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Ie
Sources
Also known as GHSA-f6cc-5mf4-hmhc.