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CVE-2005-2831

high · 7.5

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.

7.5
CVSS
30.1%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
98th
EPSS percentile
2005-12-14
Published

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
microsoftie6.0
microsoftie6.0
microsoftinternet_explorer5.0.1
microsoftinternet_explorer5.0.1
microsoftinternet_explorer5.0.1
microsoftinternet_explorer5.0.1
microsoftinternet_explorer5.0.1
microsoftinternet_explorer5.5
microsoftinternet_explorer5.5
microsoftinternet_explorer5.5
microsoftinternet_explorer6.0

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References

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