Explain CVE-2004-0842
Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 and earlier, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash from "memory corruption") via certain malformed Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) elements that trigger heap-based buffer overflows, as demonstrated using the "<STYLE>@;/*" string, possibly due to a missing comment terminator that may cause an invalid length to trigger a large memory copy operation, aka the "CSS Heap Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Affected Products: n/a
References: [{'name': '20040728 Re: Crash IE with 11 bytes ;)', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_FULLDISC'], 'url': 'http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=109102919426844&w=2'}, {'name': 'oval:org.mitre.oval:def:4169', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'signature', 'x_refsource_OVAL'], 'url': 'https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4169'}, {'name': 'MS04-038', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_MS'], 'url': 'https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2004/ms04-038'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_MISC'], 'url': 'http://www.securiteam.com/exploits/5NP042KF5A.html'}, {'name': 'VU#291304', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_CERT-VN'], 'url': 'http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/291304'}, {'name': 'oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2906', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'signature', 'x_refsource_OVAL'], 'url': 'https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2906'}, {'name': '20040723 Crash IE with 11 bytes ;)', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_FULLDISC'], 'url': 'http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=109060455614702&w=2'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_MISC'], 'url': 'http://www.ecqurity.com/adv/IEstyle.html'}, {'name': 'oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5592', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'signature', 'x_refsource_OVAL'], 'url': 'https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5592'}, {'name': 'ie-popupshow-perform-actions(16675)', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_XF'], 'url': 'https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16675'}, {'name': 'TA04-293A', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_CERT'], 'url': 'http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-293A.html'}, {'name': '20040728 Re: Crash IE with 11 bytes ;)', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_BUGTRAQ'], 'url': 'http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109107496214572&w=2'}, {'name': '12806', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/12806'}, {'name': 'P-006', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'government-resource', 'x_refsource_CIAC'], 'url': 'http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-006.shtml'}, {'name': '10816', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_BID'], 'url': 'http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10816'}, {'name': 'oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6579', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'signature', 'x_refsource_OVAL'], 'url': 'https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6579'}, {'name': 'oval:org.mitre.oval:def:3372', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'signature', 'x_refsource_OVAL'], 'url': 'https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3372'}]
CVE State: PUBLISHED