5.1

CVE-2005-1988: microsoft ie

CVSS: 5.1v2.0MediumModified
Published 10-08-2005Last modified 07-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2005-1988 is a medium (CVSS 5.1) vulnerability in microsoft ie. EPSS estimates a 45.60% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98.7% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk
40/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.1/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
45.60%
0%100%
High · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits2exploit-database

Timeline

  1. 10-08-2005
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Unknown vulnerability in Internet Explorer 5.0, 5.5, and 6.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a web site or an HTML e-mail containing a crafted JPEG image that causes memory corruption, aka "JPEG Image Rendering Memory Corruption Vulnerability".

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

45.60%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

99%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 45.60% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
45.60%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

2 found
  • exploit-databasedoswindowsVerified

    Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0.1 - '.JPEG' Image Rendering Buffer Overflow

    Maturity: poc

  • exploit-databaseremotewindowsVerified

    Microsoft Internet Explorer - 'blnmgr.dll' COM Object Remote (MS05-038)

    Maturity: weaponized

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Microsoft2 products

1 vendor · 2 products

References

9 links