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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2003-1048

Double free vulnerability in mshtml.dll for certain versions of Internet Explorer 6.x allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed GIF image.

HIGH 7.8EPSS 26.6%

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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 26.6%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Double free vulnerability in mshtml.dll for certain versions of Internet Explorer 6.x allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed GIF image.

CVSS 3.1
7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
26.63% probability · 98th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-415
Affected
microsoft/internet explorer · microsoft/outlook · microsoft/windows 98 · microsoft/windows 98se · microsoft/windows me · microsoft/windows nt · microsoft/windows server 2003 · microsoft/windows xp
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.