CVE-2004-1198 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Internet Explorer by sending JavaScript that creates and sorts nested arrays, causing excessive memory consumption.
- 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-2004-1198?
CVE-2004-1198 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 15 Dec 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 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash from memory consumption), as demonstrated using Javascript code that continuously creates nested arrays and then sorts the newly created arrays.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-1198?
How do I fix CVE-2004-1198?
No fix has been published for CVE-2004-1198 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-2004-1198 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-1198 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-785w-pc6v-4q55.