CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2003-1048

Double Free

Published: Jul 27, 2004 | Modified: Apr 03, 2025
CVSS 3.x
7.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
10 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

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.

Weakness

The product calls free() twice on the same memory address.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Internet_explorer Microsoft 5.01-sp2 (including) 5.01-sp2 (including)
Internet_explorer Microsoft 5.01-sp3 (including) 5.01-sp3 (including)
Internet_explorer Microsoft 5.01-sp4 (including) 5.01-sp4 (including)
Internet_explorer Microsoft 5.5-sp2 (including) 5.5-sp2 (including)
Internet_explorer Microsoft 6.0 (including) 6.0 (including)
Internet_explorer Microsoft 6.0-sp1 (including) 6.0-sp1 (including)
Outlook Microsoft 2000-sp2 (including) 2000-sp2 (including)
Outlook Microsoft 2000-sp3 (including) 2000-sp3 (including)
Outlook Microsoft 2000-sp4 (including) 2000-sp4 (including)
Windows_98 Microsoft - (including) - (including)
Windows_98se Microsoft - (including) - (including)
Windows_me Microsoft - (including) - (including)
Windows_nt Microsoft 4.0-sp6 (including) 4.0-sp6 (including)
Windows_nt Microsoft 4.0-sp6a (including) 4.0-sp6a (including)
Windows_server_2003 Microsoft - (including) - (including)
Windows_xp Microsoft - (including) - (including)
Windows_xp Microsoft –sp1 (including) –sp1 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References