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CVE-2005-1990

5.1
CVSS v2.0 Base Score
82.18%
HIGH RiskEPSS (99th percentile)
NVD-CWE-Other

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.

Published: 8/10/2005
Modified: 4/16/2026
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Vulnerability Summary

CVSS v2 Score

5.1

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Score (Exploitation Probability)

82.18%HIGH Exploitation Risk
99th percentile

This vulnerability has a 82.18% probability of being exploited in the next 30 days, ranking higher than 99% of all scored CVEs.

CWE Classification

NVD-CWE-Other

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