GCVE Workshop - 22 September 2026 (14:00-18:00), Luxembourg Before The Vulnopticon Conference - Registration

CVE-2004-0284 (GCVE-0-2004-0284)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2004-03-18 05:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 00:10
VLAI
Summary
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0, Outlook 2002, and Outlook 2003 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption), if "Do not save encrypted pages to disk" is disabled, via a web site or HTML e-mail that contains two null characters (%00) after the host name.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9629 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107643134712133&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Date Public
2004-02-10 00:00
Show details on NVD website
To clipboard 

{
  "containers": {
    "adp": [
      {
        "providerMetadata": {
          "dateUpdated": "2024-08-08T00:10:03.997Z",
          "orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
          "shortName": "CVE"
        },
        "references": [
          {
            "name": "9629",
            "tags": [
              "vdb-entry",
              "x_refsource_BID",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9629"
          },
          {
            "name": "ie-host-null-dos(15127)",
            "tags": [
              "vdb-entry",
              "x_refsource_XF",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15127"
          },
          {
            "name": "20040210 ASPR #2004-01-20-1: Internet Explorer/Outlook double null character DoS",
            "tags": [
              "mailing-list",
              "x_refsource_BUGTRAQ",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq\u0026m=107643134712133\u0026w=2"
          }
        ],
        "title": "CVE Program Container"
      }
    ],
    "cna": {
      "affected": [
        {
          "product": "n/a",
          "vendor": "n/a",
          "versions": [
            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "n/a"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "datePublic": "2004-02-10T00:00:00.000Z",
      "descriptions": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0, Outlook 2002, and Outlook 2003 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption), if \"Do not save encrypted pages to disk\" is disabled, via a web site or HTML e-mail that contains two null characters (%00) after the host name."
        }
      ],
      "problemTypes": [
        {
          "descriptions": [
            {
              "description": "n/a",
              "lang": "en",
              "type": "text"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "providerMetadata": {
        "dateUpdated": "2017-07-10T14:57:01.000Z",
        "orgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca",
        "shortName": "mitre"
      },
      "references": [
        {
          "name": "9629",
          "tags": [
            "vdb-entry",
            "x_refsource_BID"
          ],
          "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9629"
        },
        {
          "name": "ie-host-null-dos(15127)",
          "tags": [
            "vdb-entry",
            "x_refsource_XF"
          ],
          "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15127"
        },
        {
          "name": "20040210 ASPR #2004-01-20-1: Internet Explorer/Outlook double null character DoS",
          "tags": [
            "mailing-list",
            "x_refsource_BUGTRAQ"
          ],
          "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq\u0026m=107643134712133\u0026w=2"
        }
      ],
      "x_legacyV4Record": {
        "CVE_data_meta": {
          "ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org",
          "ID": "CVE-2004-0284",
          "STATE": "PUBLIC"
        },
        "affects": {
          "vendor": {
            "vendor_data": [
              {
                "product": {
                  "product_data": [
                    {
                      "product_name": "n/a",
                      "version": {
                        "version_data": [
                          {
                            "version_value": "n/a"
                          }
                        ]
                      }
                    }
                  ]
                },
                "vendor_name": "n/a"
              }
            ]
          }
        },
        "data_format": "MITRE",
        "data_type": "CVE",
        "data_version": "4.0",
        "description": {
          "description_data": [
            {
              "lang": "eng",
              "value": "Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0, Outlook 2002, and Outlook 2003 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption), if \"Do not save encrypted pages to disk\" is disabled, via a web site or HTML e-mail that contains two null characters (%00) after the host name."
            }
          ]
        },
        "problemtype": {
          "problemtype_data": [
            {
              "description": [
                {
                  "lang": "eng",
                  "value": "n/a"
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        "references": {
          "reference_data": [
            {
              "name": "9629",
              "refsource": "BID",
              "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9629"
            },
            {
              "name": "ie-host-null-dos(15127)",
              "refsource": "XF",
              "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15127"
            },
            {
              "name": "20040210 ASPR #2004-01-20-1: Internet Explorer/Outlook double null character DoS",
              "refsource": "BUGTRAQ",
              "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq\u0026m=107643134712133\u0026w=2"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "cveMetadata": {
    "assignerOrgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca",
    "assignerShortName": "mitre",
    "cveId": "CVE-2004-0284",
    "datePublished": "2004-03-18T05:00:00.000Z",
    "dateReserved": "2004-03-17T00:00:00.000Z",
    "dateUpdated": "2024-08-08T00:10:03.997Z",
    "state": "PUBLISHED"
  },
  "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
  "dataVersion": "5.1",
  "vulnerability-lookup:meta": {
    "epss": {
      "cve": "CVE-2004-0284",
      "date": "2026-09-20",
      "epss": "0.16768",
      "percentile": "0.96893"
    },
    "nvd": {
      "cve": {
        "configurations": [
          {
            "nodes": [
              {
                "cpeMatch": [
                  {
                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "matchCriteriaId": "24DF2AB3-DEAB-4D70-986E-FFBB7E64B96A",
                    "vulnerable": true
                  },
                  {
                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "matchCriteriaId": "A19F6133-25D1-44A5-B6B9-354703436783",
                    "vulnerable": true
                  },
                  {
                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook:2002:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "matchCriteriaId": "3FE6EAE0-5A8F-4A97-950B-879379A3C0F8",
                    "vulnerable": true
                  },
                  {
                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook:2002:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "matchCriteriaId": "D3A4D9C5-A698-4523-8756-5D7EBAA47951",
                    "vulnerable": true
                  },
                  {
                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook:2002:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "matchCriteriaId": "D0E20E02-43B2-499B-ADDD-B5B7003894D7",
                    "vulnerable": true
                  },
                  {
                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook:2003:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "matchCriteriaId": "C3189982-F780-4AC2-9663-E6D4DF9DD319",
                    "vulnerable": true
                  }
                ],
                "negate": false,
                "operator": "OR"
              }
            ]
          }
        ],
        "cveTags": [],
        "descriptions": [
          {
            "lang": "en",
            "value": "Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0, Outlook 2002, and Outlook 2003 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption), if \"Do not save encrypted pages to disk\" is disabled, via a web site or HTML e-mail that contains two null characters (%00) after the host name."
          },
          {
            "lang": "es",
            "value": "Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0, Outlook 2002, y Outlook 2003 permiten a atacantes remotos causar una denegaci\u00f3n de servicio (consumici\u00f3n de CPU) si est\u00e1 desactivado \"No guardar las p\u00e1ginas cifradas en el disco), mediante un sitio web o un mensaje de correo electr\u00f3nico que contenga dos caract\u00e9res nulos (%00) despu\u00e9s del nombre de m\u00e1quina."
          }
        ],
        "id": "CVE-2004-0284",
        "lastModified": "2026-04-16T00:27:16.627",
        "metrics": {
          "cvssMetricV2": [
            {
              "acInsufInfo": false,
              "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
              "cvssData": {
                "accessComplexity": "LOW",
                "accessVector": "NETWORK",
                "authentication": "NONE",
                "availabilityImpact": "PARTIAL",
                "baseScore": 5.0,
                "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
                "integrityImpact": "NONE",
                "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P",
                "version": "2.0"
              },
              "exploitabilityScore": 10.0,
              "impactScore": 2.9,
              "obtainAllPrivilege": false,
              "obtainOtherPrivilege": false,
              "obtainUserPrivilege": false,
              "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
              "type": "Primary",
              "userInteractionRequired": false
            }
          ]
        },
        "published": "2004-11-23T05:00:00.000",
        "references": [
          {
            "source": "cve@mitre.org",
            "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq\u0026m=107643134712133\u0026w=2"
          },
          {
            "source": "cve@mitre.org",
            "tags": [
              "Patch",
              "Vendor Advisory"
            ],
            "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9629"
          },
          {
            "source": "cve@mitre.org",
            "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15127"
          },
          {
            "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
            "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq\u0026m=107643134712133\u0026w=2"
          },
          {
            "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
            "tags": [
              "Patch",
              "Vendor Advisory"
            ],
            "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9629"
          },
          {
            "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
            "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15127"
          }
        ],
        "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org",
        "vulnStatus": "Modified",
        "weaknesses": [
          {
            "description": [
              {
                "lang": "en",
                "value": "NVD-CWE-Other"
              }
            ],
            "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
            "type": "Primary"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}



Log in or create an account to share your comment.




Tags
Taxonomy of the tags.





Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

Sightings

Author Source Type Date Other

Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.


Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.


Related by attack behaviour

Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.