CVE-2005-0553: microsoft ie
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.
Timeline
- 13-04-2005PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last 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 versionEPSS 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
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
1 foundMicrosoft Internet Explorer 5.0.1 - DHTML Object Race Condition Memory Corruption
Maturity: weaponized
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Microsoft2 products
- ie6.0:sp1
- internet_explorer5.01:sp3 | 5.01:sp4 | 5.5:sp2 | 6.0
1 vendor · 2 products
References
11 links- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1695VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL
- www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=228&type=vulnerabilitiesThird Party AdvisoryX Refsource IDEFENSEPatchVendor Advisory
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-020Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource MS
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4985VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4874VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3100VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-102A.htmlThird Party AdvisoryX Refsource CERTPatchUS Government Resource
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- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3752VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL