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CVE-2004-0216

10.0
CVSS v2.0 Base Score
54.87%
MEDIUM RiskEPSS (98th percentile)
NVD-CWE-Other

Integer overflow in the Install Engine (inseng.dll) for Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5, and 6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malicious website or HTML email with a long .CAB file name, which triggers the integer overflow when calculating a buffer length and leads to a heap-based buffer overflow.

Published: 11/3/2004
Modified: 4/16/2026
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Vulnerability Summary

CVSS v2 Score

10

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS Score (Exploitation Probability)

54.87%MEDIUM Exploitation Risk
98th percentile

This vulnerability has a 54.87% probability of being exploited in the next 30 days, ranking higher than 98% of all scored CVEs.

CWE Classification

NVD-CWE-Other