CVE-2004-1922: Microsoft Internet Explorer

Low severity, CVSS 2.6. EPSS: 6.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0 allocates memory based on the memory size written in the BMP file instead of the actual BMP file size, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a small BMP file with has a large memory size.

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer: version 5.5 only; version 6.0 only

Published 2004-04-11. Last modified 2026-06-16.