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CVE-2005-1791

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2005-06-01 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP2 (6.0.2900.2180) crashes when the user attempts to add a URI to the restricted zone, in which the full domain name of the URI begins with numeric sequences similar to an IP address. NOTE: if there is not an exploit scenario in which an attacker can trigger this behavior, then perhaps this issue should not be included in CVE.

Affected products

• Microsoft Ie: 6.0-sp2

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111746303509720&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13798
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111746303509720&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13798

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