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
12cpe: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
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References
20- www.securityfocus.com/bid/15827nvdPatch
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-347A.htmlnvdPatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/959049nvdUS Government Resource
- secunia.com/advisories/15368nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/18064nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/18311nvd
- securitytracker.com/idnvd
- support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-234.pdfnvd
- www.osvdb.org/21763nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2867nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2909nvd
- www130.nortelnetworks.com/cgi-bin/eserv/cs/main.jspnvd
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-054nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23453nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1426nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1475nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1520nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1543nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1558nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1597nvd
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