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.

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Affected Products (3)

GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-pgqj-26qf-9f3x

Internet Explorer 5.0, 5.5, and 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service ...

References (24)

• http://secunia.com/advisories/16373/ Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1014643
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/959049 US Government Resource
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14511
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-221A.html Patch, US Government Resource
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1353
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-038
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100082
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1061
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1221
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1235
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1337
• http://secunia.com/advisories/16373/ Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1014643
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/959049 US Government Resource