CVE-2005-2087

Medium

Description

Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4 up to 6 on various Windows operating systems, including IE 6.0.2900.2180 on Windows XP, 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, as demonstrated using the JVIEW Profiler (Javaprxy.dll). NOTE: the researcher says that the vendor could not reproduce this problem.

SeverityMedium

CVSS5.0

Exploit probability—

Product

Microsoft Internet Explorer

PublishedJul 5, 2005

First seenJul 5, 2005

How to fix

Vendor advisories

docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-037

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
microsoft internet_explorer	5.1, 5.01, 5.5, 6.0, 6.0.2900.2180	—
microsoft ie	5.1, 5.2.3, 6	—

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