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$ cve CVE-2005-0553 JSON

CVE-2005-0553 EXPLOIT

5.1
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 50.6% (pctl 99)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

Race condition in the memory management routines in the DHTML object processor in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5, and 6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malicious web page or HTML e-mail, aka "DHTML Object Memory Corruption Vulnerability".

Scoring

CVSS5.1 (MEDIUM, v2.0)
VectorAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS50.6% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs
On CISA KEVno
Public exploityes
Published2005-05-02
Last modified2026-06-16

Affected (2)

VendorProduct
microsoftie
microsoftinternet explorer

Public exploits

References

→ the Explorer  ·  watch your stack  ·  NVD