CVE-2004-1922

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0 allocates memory based on the memory size written in the BMP file instead of the actual BMP file size, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a small BMP file with has a large memory size.

Score

CVSS 2.0 2.6 Low

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2004-04-11

Last modified

2024-08-08

Affected products

• Internet Explorer (Microsoft)

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108183130827872&w=2