{"cve":"CVE-2004-2434","nvd":{"published":"2004-12-31T05:00:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:09:38.777","status":"Modified","description":"Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (browser crash) via a link with \"::{\" (colon colon left brace), which triggers a null dereference when the user attempts to save the link using \"Save As\" and Internet Explorer prepares an error message with an attacker-controlled format string.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-06/0397.html","http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-06/0428.html","http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-07/1126.html","http://securitytracker.com/id?1010491","http://www.osvdb.org/8335"],"products":["microsoft:ie"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:38:22.000386253+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2004-2434","score":0.32761,"percentile":0.98348,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}