CVE-2005-2831

no score yetEPSS 30%

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.

EPSS: 30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 98% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
Published: 2005-12-14
Modified: 2026-06-16
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

microsoft:ie
microsoft:internet_explorer

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/15368
http://secunia.com/advisories/18064
http://secunia.com/advisories/18311
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015348
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-234.pdf

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