7.5

CVE-2005-2831: microsoft ie

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
Published 14-12-2005Last modified 07-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2005-2831 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in microsoft ie. EPSS estimates a 30.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
36/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
30.14%
0%100%
High · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 14-12-2005
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

30.14%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

98%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 30.14% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
30.14%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Microsoft2 products
  • ie6.0:sp1 | 6.0:sp2
  • internet_explorer5.01 | 5.01:sp1 | 5.01:sp2 | 5.01:sp3 | 5.01:sp4 | 5.5 | 5.5:sp1 | 5.5:sp2 | 6.0

1 vendor · 2 products

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