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CVE-2004-0216

CRITICAL

10.0

CVSS Severity Score

EPSS Score0.1200%

EPSS Percentile33.32th

PublishedNov 3, 2004

Last ModifiedApr 16, 2026

Vulnerability 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.

Affected Platforms (CPE)

📦

Microsoft

Ie

= 6

📦

Microsoft

Internet Explorer

= 5.01

📦

Microsoft

Internet Explorer

= 5.5

References & Advisories

🔗 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109760693512754&w=2

🔗 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110616383332055&w=2

🔗 http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=110619893620517&w=2

🔗 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/637760

🔗 http://www.ngssoftware.com/advisories/msinsengfull.txt

🔗 http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-293A.html

🔗 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2004/ms04-038

🔗 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17620

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