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TI-2005-01882 Aliases CVE-2005-1990GHSA-pgqj-26qf-9f3x

Internet Explorer 5.0, 5.5, and 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service…

Priority MEDIUM 54Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Internet Explorer 5.0, 5.5, and 6.0 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 ActiveX controls, including (1) devenum.dll, (2) diactfrm.dll, (3) wmm2filt.dll, (4) fsusd.dll, (5) dmdskmgr.dll, (6) browsewm.dll, (7) browseui.dll, (8) shell32.dll, (9) mshtml.dll, (10) inetcfg.dll, (11) infosoft.dll, (12) query.dll, (13) syncui.dll, (14) clbcatex.dll, (15) clbcatq.dll, (16) comsvcs.dll, and (17) msconf.dll, which causes memory corruption, aka "COM Object Instantiation Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2087.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.48513 98th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6:windows_server_2003_sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*6 windows_server_2003_sp1VulnerableMicrosoft
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.01VulnerableMicrosoft
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.5VulnerableMicrosoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6:windows_server_2003_sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6 windows_server_2003_sp1 Vulnerable ·Microsoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.01 Vulnerable ·Microsoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.5 Vulnerable ·Microsoft

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2005-1990
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pgqj-26qf-9f3x

References

Patch 1

Advisory 2

Other 6

  • TI-2004-00947 Heap-based buffer overflow in Internet Explorer 6 allows remote attackers to execute… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2004-00183 Stack-based buffer overflow in the Task Scheduler for Windows 2000 and XP, and Internet… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2007-00210 The wininet.dll FTP client code in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 and 6 might allow… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2006-01313 Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and 7 Beta 2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
  • TI-2006-01146 Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 through 6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2006-03617 Integer overflow in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
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Sources

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