CVE-2005-4717: microsoft ie
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2005-4717 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in microsoft ie. EPSS estimates a 16.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96.9% of scored vulnerabilities. 3 public exploits are recorded.
Timeline
- 15-02-2006PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 16-09-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 on Windows NT 4.0 SP6a, Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP1, Windows XP SP2, and Windows Server 2003 SP1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (client crash) via a certain combination of a malformed HTML file and a CSS file that triggers a null dereference, probably related to rendering of a DIV element that contains a malformed IMG tag, as demonstrated by IEcrash.htm and IEcrash.rar.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
16.32%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
97%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 16.32% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
3 foundExploit Reference (archives.neohapsis.com)
Maturity: unknown
Exploit Reference (securityfocus.com)
Maturity: unknown
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 - Malformed HTML Parsing Denial of Service (1)
Maturity: poc
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Microsoft4 products
- ie6.0:sp1 | 6.0:sp2
- internet_explorer6.0
- windows_2003_serversp1
- windows_nt4.0:sp6a
1 vendor · 4 products
References
3 links- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-10/0673.htmlMailing ListX Refsource FULLDISCExploit