First published: Wed Dec 31 2003(Updated: )
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by creating a DHTML link that uses the AnchorClick "A" object with a blank href attribute.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Microsoft Internet Explorer | =6.0-sp1 |
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CVE-2003-1484 is classified as a denial of service vulnerability.
To mitigate CVE-2003-1484, users should upgrade to a more recent version of Internet Explorer or apply any available patches.
CVE-2003-1484 specifically affects Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1.
CVE-2003-1484 allows remote attackers to crash the browser by creating a malicious DHTML link.
Yes, there are publicly available descriptions of how CVE-2003-1484 can be exploited to cause denial of service.