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CVE-2005-0553 Detail

Description

Race condition in the memory management routines in the DHTML object processor in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5, and 6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malicious web page or HTML e-mail, aka "DHTML Object Memory Corruption Vulnerability".


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://secunia.com/advisories/14922/ CVE, Microsoft Corporation Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=228&type=vulnerabilities CVE, Microsoft Corporation Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/774338 CVE, Microsoft Corporation Patch  Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-102A.html CVE, Microsoft Corporation Patch  Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-020 CVE, Microsoft Corporation
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19831 CVE, Microsoft Corporation
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1695 CVE, Microsoft Corporation
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3100 CVE, Microsoft Corporation
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3752 CVE, Microsoft Corporation
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4874 CVE, Microsoft Corporation
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4985 CVE, Microsoft Corporation

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2005-0553
NVD Published Date:
05/02/2005
NVD Last Modified:
04/02/2025
Source:
Microsoft Corporation