CVE-2004-1050
Heap-based buffer overflow in Internet Explorer 6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long (1) SRC or (2) NAME…
- Published
- Updated
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- mitre
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in Internet Explorer 6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long (1) SRC or (2) NAME attributes in IFRAME, FRAME, and EMBED elements, as originally discovered using the mangleme utility, aka "the IFRAME vulnerability" or the "HTML Elements Vulnerability."
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 - IFRAME Tag Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 612remote, windowspublished 2 Nov 2004Verified
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Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 20 years later
· 20 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 67.1% · top 0.7% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (12)
- VU#842160 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 20041023 python does mangleme (with IE bugs!) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- MS04-040 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 20041102 MSIE <IFRAME> and <FRAME> tag NAME property bufferoverflow PoC (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 11515 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1294 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 20041025 python does mangleme (with IE bugs!) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- TA04-315A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- ie-iframe-src-name-bo(17889) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 12959 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20041024 python does mangleme (with IE bugs!) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- TA04-336A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2004-1048 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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