CVE-2005-1990

Microsoft IE - Denial of Service

Title source: rule

Description

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by FrSIRT · htmlremotewindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1144

Scores

EPSS 0.8218
EPSS Percentile 99.2%

Classification

Status draft

Affected Products (3)

microsoft/ie
microsoft/internet_explorer
microsoft/internet_explorer

Timeline

Published Aug 10, 2005
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026