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, as originally demonstrated using the (1) DDS Library Shape Control (Msdds.dll) COM object, and other objects including (2) Blnmgrps.dll, (3) Ciodm.dll, (4) Comsvcs.dll, (5) Danim.dll, (6) Htmlmarq.ocx, (7) Mdt2dd.dll (as demonstrated using a heap corruption attack with uninitialized memory), (8) Mdt2qd.dll, (9) Mpg4ds32.ax, (10) Msadds32.ax, (11) Msb1esen.dll, (12) Msb1fren.dll, (13) Msb1geen.dll, (14) Msdtctm.dll, (15) Mshtml.dll, (16) Msoeacct.dll, (17) Msosvfbr.dll, (18) Mswcrun.dll, (19) Netshell.dll, (20) Ole2disp.dll, (21) Outllib.dll, (22) Psisdecd.dll, (23) Qdvd.dll, (24) Repodbc.dll, (25) Shdocvw.dll, (26) Shell32.dll, (27) Soa.dll, (28) Srchui.dll, (29) Stobject.dll, (30) Vdt70.dll, (31) Vmhelper.dll, and (32) Wbemads.dll, aka a variant of the "COM Object Instantiation Memory Corruption vulnerability."
Published Aug 19, 2005
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 63.67%
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, as originally demonstrated using the (1) DDS Library Shape Control (Msdds.dll) COM object, and other objects including (2) Blnmgrps.dll, (3) Ciodm.dll, (4) Comsvcs.dll, (5) Danim.dll, (6) Htmlmarq.ocx, (7) Mdt2dd.dll (as demonstrated using a heap corruption attack with uninitialized memory), (8) Mdt2qd.dll, (9) Mpg4ds32.ax, (10) Msadds32.ax, (11) Msb1esen.dll, (12) Msb1fren.dll, (13) Msb1geen.dll, (14) Msdtctm.dll, (15) Mshtml.dll, (16) Msoeacct.dll, (17) Msosvfbr.dll, (18) Mswcrun.dll, (19) Netshell.dll, (20) Ole2disp.dll, (21) Outllib.dll, (22) Psisdecd.dll, (23) Qdvd.dll, (24) Repodbc.dll, (25) Shdocvw.dll, (26) Shell32.dll, (27) Soa.dll, (28) Srchui.dll, (29) Stobject.dll, (30) Vdt70.dll, (31) Vmhelper.dll, and (32) Wbemads.dll, aka a variant of the "COM Object Instantiation Memory Corruption vulnerability."
Affected products
No data.
- n/a
- 1.1
- 1.1
- 1.1
- 1.1
- n/a
- 2000
- 2000
- 2000
- 2000
- 2000
- 2000
- 2000
- xp
- xp
- xp
- 98
- 2000
- 2002
- 2002
- 2003
- 2003
- 2000
- 2002
- 2002
- 2002
- 2002
- 2002
- 2002
- 2003
- 2003
- 2003
- 2003
- 2002
- 2003
- 2003
- gold
- gold
- gold
- gold
- gold
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:P/I:P/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 (17 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 63.67% (0.63665) | 99.19th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 63.67% (0.63665) | 99.11th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Feb 8, 2026 | 42.05% (0.42047) | 97.33th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Sep 17, 2025 | 44.57% (0.44569) | 97.49th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 42.71% (0.42713) | 97.20th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 48.87% (0.48870) | 96.73th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 42.94% (0.42938) | 97.08th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 32.35% (0.32352) | 96.46th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 63.52% (0.63519) | 98.00th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 26, 2024 | 61.31% (0.61308) | 97.85th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 54.28% (0.54280) | 97.51th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 9, 2023 | 52.40% (0.52402) | 97.26th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 10, 2023 | 23.44% (0.23441) | 95.91th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 25, 2023 | 22.13% (0.22134) | 95.75th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 22.94% (0.22936) | 95.75th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 70.68% (0.70680) | 99.17th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 70.68% (0.70680) | 99.02th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (28)
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- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-052 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21895 vdb-entryx_refsource_XFVDB Entry
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