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CVE-2005-0554

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 57.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2005-04-13 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in the URL processor of Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5, and 6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a URL with a long hostname, aka "URL Parsing Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 5.01, 5.5, 6.0

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/14922/
• http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=229&type=vulnerabilities
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/756122
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-102A.html
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-020
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1196
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2253
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2559
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3817
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A789
• http://secunia.com/advisories/14922/
• http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=229&type=vulnerabilities

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