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CVE-2005-1990

CVE-2005-1990 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.099999904632568 MEDIUM

Internet Explorer 5.0, 5.5, and 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a web page with embedded CLSIDs that reference certain COM objects that are not ActiveX controls, including (1) devenum.dll, (2) diactfrm.dll, (3) wmm2filt.dll, (4) fsusd.dll, (5) dmdskmgr.dll, (6) browsewm.dll, (7) browseui.dll, (8) shell32.dll, (9) mshtml.dll, (10) inetcfg.dll, (11) infosoft.dll, (12) query.dll, (13) syncui.dll, (14) clbcatex.dll, (15) clbcatq.dll, (16) comsvcs.dll, and (17) msconf.dll, which causes memory corruption, aka "COM Object Instantiation Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2087.

EPSS 82.18% · 99.2th percentile

Risk Scores

CVSS 2.0
5.099999904632568
EPSS Score
82.18%
99.2th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
microsoftie6
microsoftinternet_explorer5.01, 5.5
n/an/an/a

Timeline

  • Aug 10, 2005 CVE Published
  • Jul 30, 2010 PoC Published
  • Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
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