5.1

CVE-2005-0553: microsoft ie

CVSS: 5.1v2.0MediumModified
Published 13-04-2005Last modified 07-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2005-0553 is a medium (CVSS 5.1) vulnerability in microsoft ie. EPSS estimates a 50.60% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98.9% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
41/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.1/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
50.60%
0%100%
Critical · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1exploit-database

Timeline

  1. 13-04-2005
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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".

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

50.60%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

99%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 50.60% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
50.60%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • exploit-databaseremotewindowsVerified

    Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0.1 - DHTML Object Race Condition Memory Corruption

    Maturity: weaponized

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Microsoft2 products

1 vendor · 2 products

References

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