CVE-2005-2831

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 30.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-12-14 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected products

Microsoft Ie: 6.0-sp1, 6.0-sp2
Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 5.0.1, 5.0.1-sp1, 5.0.1-sp2, 5.0.1-sp3, 5.0.1-sp4, 5.5 (+3)

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

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