CVE-2005-1990
Microsoft IE - Denial of Service
Title source: ruleDescription
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
References (12)
Scores
EPSS
0.8218
EPSS Percentile
99.2%
Details
Status
published
Products (3)
microsoft/ie
6 windows_server_2003_sp1
microsoft/internet_explorer
5.01
microsoft/internet_explorer
5.5
Published
Aug 10, 2005
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026