CVE-2005-1990

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.

CVSS v2.0

5.1 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS

48.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 99th percentile

Published

2005-08-10

Updated

2024-08-07

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1144

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2005-1989
• CVE-2005-1998
• CVE-2005-1988
• CVE-2005-2000
• CVE-2005-1983
• CVE-2005-2002