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CVE-2005-2087

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.0 Published: 2005-07-05 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4 up to 6 on various Windows operating systems, including IE 6.0.2900.2180 on Windows XP, 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, as demonstrated using the JVIEW Profiler (Javaprxy.dll). NOTE: the researcher says that the vendor could not reproduce this problem.

Affected Platforms

Microsoft IeMicrosoft Internet Explorer

Weakness Type

CWE-399

References