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CVE-2004-0214

CRITICAL

10.0

CVSS Severity Score

EPSS Score0.0960%

EPSS Percentile37.61th

PublishedNov 3, 2004

Last ModifiedApr 16, 2026

Vulnerability Description

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Internet Explorer and Explorer on Windows XP SP1, WIndows 2000, Windows 98, and Windows Me may allow remote malicious servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via long share names, as demonstrated using Samba.

Affected Platforms (CPE)

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Microsoft

Internet Explorer

= 6.0.2900

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Microsoft

Windows 2000

All versions

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Microsoft

Windows 98

All versions

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Microsoft

Windows Me

All versions

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Microsoft

Windows Xp

All versions

References & Advisories

🔗 http://seclists.org/lists/bugtraq/2004/Apr/0322.html

🔗 http://seclists.org/lists/fulldisclosure/2004/Apr/0933.html

🔗 http://secunia.com/advisories/11482/

🔗 http://securitytracker.com/id?1011647

🔗 http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B322857

🔗 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/616200

🔗 http://www.osvdb.org/5687

🔗 http://www.securiteam.com/windowsntfocus/5JP0M1PCKI.html

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