CVE-2005-3077

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.2.3 - DoS

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2005-3077. PoCs published by Mella Marco.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit triggers a denial of service in Microsoft Internet Explorer for Mac OS by rendering a malformed HTML page with a malformed TABLE and BGSOUND tag. The vulnerability affects Internet Explorer 5.2.3 for Mac OS.

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.2.3 for Mac OS allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a web page with malformed attributes in a BGSOUND tag, possibly involving double-quotes in an about: URI.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Mella Marco · htmldososx
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/26292

This exploit triggers a denial of service in Microsoft Internet Explorer for Mac OS by rendering a malformed HTML page with a malformed TABLE and BGSOUND tag. The vulnerability affects Internet Explorer 5.2.3 for Mac OS.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.2.3 for Mac OS
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Victim must open the malformed HTML page in Internet Explorer 5.2.3 for Mac OS
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14899

Scores

EPSS 0.1386
EPSS Percentile 96.0%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
microsoft/ie_for_macintosh 5.2.3
Published Sep 27, 2005
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026