Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 through 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an object of type "text/html" with the DATA field that identifies the HTML document that contains the object, which may cause infinite recursion
Published Jun 21, 2005
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 19.41%
Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 through 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an object of type "text/html" with the DATA field that identifies the HTML document that contains the object, which may cause infinite recursion.
Affected products
No data.
- 6.0
- 5.0
- 5.5
- 5.5
- 5.5
- 6.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (16 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 19.41% (0.19409) | 97.29th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 19.41% (0.19409) | 97.01th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 17, 2025 | 19.73% (0.19733) | 95.23th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Apr 21, 2025 | 21.83% (0.21829) | 95.36th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 23.05% (0.23050) | 95.44th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 51.00% (0.50999) | 96.88th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 23.05% (0.23050) | 95.23th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 16.58% (0.16583) | 94.40th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 27, 2024 | 12.99% (0.12991) | 95.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 28, 2024 | 16.48% (0.16482) | 96.00th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 11, 2023 | 18.76% (0.18761) | 95.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 12, 2023 | 27.16% (0.27159) | 96.08th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 32.41% (0.32415) | 96.29th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 21.00% (0.20999) | 96.55th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 21.00% (0.20999) | 96.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 21.00% (0.20999) | 94.12th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (3)
- http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/268776 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4564 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8904 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/268776 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4564 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8904 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
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