{"cve":"CVE-2005-1990","nvd":{"published":"2005-08-10T04:00:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:14:02.553","status":"Modified","description":"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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["http://secunia.com/advisories/16373/","http://securitytracker.com/id?1014643","http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/959049","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14511","http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-221A.html"],"products":["microsoft:ie","microsoft:internet_explorer"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:39:29.870204089+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2005-1990","score":0.48513,"percentile":0.98869,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}