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CVE-2005-0554

CVE information

Published

18 years ago

Last Modified

2 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

High

Impact Analysis

Description

Buffer overflow in the URL processor of Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5, and 6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a URL with a long hostname, aka "URL Parsing Memory Corruption Vulnerability.".

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
High
Base Score
7.5/10
Exploit Score
10/10
Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
6.4/10
Confidentiality Impact
Partial
Availability Impact
Partial
Integrity Impact
Partial

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -