CVE-2004-0479

CVE-2004-0479 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, where a remote attacker can crash the browser. This is achieved by using JavaScript to create a new popup window and disabling the imagetoolbar functionality with a META tag, leading to a null dereference. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with low attack complexity and no authentication required, resulting in a partial impact on availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, a proof-of-concept exploit is available on ExploitDB, and the CVE has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.