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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 10, 2005· Updated Apr 16, 2026

CVE-2005-1990

CVE-2005-1990

Description

Internet Explorer 5.0, 5.5, and 6.0 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 ActiveX controls, including (1) devenum.dll, (2) diactfrm.dll, (3) wmm2filt.dll, (4) fsusd.dll, (5) dmdskmgr.dll, (6) browsewm.dll, (7) browseui.dll, (8) shell32.dll, (9) mshtml.dll, (10) inetcfg.dll, (11) infosoft.dll, (12) query.dll, (13) syncui.dll, (14) clbcatex.dll, (15) clbcatq.dll, (16) comsvcs.dll, and (17) msconf.dll, which causes memory corruption, aka "COM Object Instantiation Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2087.

Affected products

3
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6:windows_server_2003_sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

0

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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