7.5

CVE-2005-2308: microsoft ie

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
Published 19-07-2005Last modified 17-09-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2005-2308 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in microsoft ie. EPSS estimates a 17.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 6 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk
43/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
17.42%
0%100%
Medium · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits6reference, exploit-database

Timeline

  1. 19-07-2005
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 17-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The JPEG decoder in Microsoft Internet Explorer allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via certain crafted JPEG images, as demonstrated using (1) mov_fencepost.jpg, (2) cmp_fencepost.jpg, (3) oom_dos.jpg, or (4) random.jpg.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

17.42%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

97%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 17.42% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
17.42%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

6 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (securityfocus.com)

    Maturity: unknown

  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (securityfocus.com)

    Maturity: unknown

  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (lcamtuf.coredump.cx)

    Maturity: unknown

Show all 6 exploits
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (securityfocus.com)

    Maturity: unknown

  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (securityfocus.com)

    Maturity: unknown

  • exploit-databasedoswindowsVerified

    Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0.1 - '.JPEG' Image Rendering CMP Fencepost Denial of Service

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Microsoft1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

5 links