Microsoft Internet Explorer COM Object Instantiation Memory Corruption Vulnerability

CVE-2005-2831 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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.

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