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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 14, 2005· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2005-2831

CVE-2005-2831

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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Affected products

12
  • Microsoft/Ie2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Microsoft/Internet Explorer10 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 9 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0.1:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0.1:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0.1:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0.1:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: 5.01, 5.5, 6

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

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