CVE-2005-2831

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.

Score

CVSS 2.0 7.5 High

Status

Modified - secure@microsoft.com

Published

2005-12-14

Last modified

2024-08-07

Affected products

• Ie (Microsoft)
• Internet Explorer (Microsoft)

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/15368
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18064
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18311
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1015348
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-234.pdf
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/959049
• http://www.osvdb.org/21763
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15827
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-347A.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2867
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2909
• http://www130.nortelnetworks.com/cgi-bin/eserv/cs/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&DocumentOID=375420
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-054
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23453
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1426
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1475
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1520
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1543
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1558
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1597