Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5, and 6 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 intended for use within Internet Explorer, aka a variant of the "COM Object Instantiation Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2127.
References (20)
Core 20
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015348
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/18064
Patch vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15827
US Government Resource third-party-advisory
x_refsource_cert-vn
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/959049
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1597
Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource third-party-advisory
x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-347A.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ms
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-054
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1475
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1520
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1426
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1558
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1543
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-234.pdf
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/15368
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2909
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/18311
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23453
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/21763
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2867
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
http://www130.nortelnetworks.com/cgi-bin/eserv/cs/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&DocumentOID=375420
Scores
EPSS
0.3014
EPSS Percentile
98.0%
Details
Status
published
Products (4)
microsoft/ie
6.0 sp1 (2 CPE variants)
microsoft/internet_explorer
5.0.1 (5 CPE variants)
microsoft/internet_explorer
5.5 (3 CPE variants)
microsoft/internet_explorer
6.0
Published
Dec 14, 2005
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026