Internet Explorer Malformed GIF File Double Free (MS04-025; CVE-2003-1048)

The Graphics Interchange Format GIF defines a file format intended for the on-line transmission and interchange of raster graphic data. It uses the LZW compression algorithm to minimize file sizes. A double free vulnerability exists in the way Microsoft Internet Explorer handles images of the GIF...

CVE-2003-1048

CVE-2003-1048 describes a double-free vulnerability in Internet Explorer’s GIF handling via mshtml.dll. The flaw affects IE6 and related builds where processing GIFs could allow a remote attacker to crash the application or, in some scenarios, execute arbitrary code. Public advisories (MS04-025) ...

CVE-2003-1048

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...