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CVE-2005-2831 Detail

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://secunia.com/advisories/15368 CVE, Microsoft Corporation
http://secunia.com/advisories/18064 CVE, Microsoft Corporation
http://secunia.com/advisories/18311 CVE, Microsoft Corporation
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015348 CVE, Microsoft Corporation
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-234.pdf CVE, Microsoft Corporation
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/959049 CVE, Microsoft Corporation US Government Resource 
http://www.osvdb.org/21763 CVE, Microsoft Corporation
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15827 CVE, Microsoft Corporation Patch 
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-347A.html CVE, Microsoft Corporation Patch  Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2867 CVE, Microsoft Corporation
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2909 CVE, Microsoft Corporation
http://www130.nortelnetworks.com/cgi-bin/eserv/cs/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&DocumentOID=375420 CVE, Microsoft Corporation
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-054 CVE, Microsoft Corporation
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23453 CVE, Microsoft Corporation
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1426 CVE, Microsoft Corporation
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1475 CVE, Microsoft Corporation
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1520 CVE, Microsoft Corporation
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1543 CVE, Microsoft Corporation
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1558 CVE, Microsoft Corporation
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1597 CVE, Microsoft Corporation

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2005-2831
NVD Published Date:
12/14/2005
NVD Last Modified:
04/02/2025
Source:
Microsoft Corporation