CVE-2004-0216 describes a critical integer overflow vulnerability in the Install Engine (inseng.dll) affecting Internet Explorer versions 5.01, 5.5, and 6. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by crafting a malicious website or HTML email containing a .CAB file with an excessively long name, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring no authentication and having a low attack complexity, potentially resulting in complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the EPSS score indicates a moderate likelihood of exploitation, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6:windows_server_2003_sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.01CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.