CVE-2005-0553

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".

• http://secunia.com/advisories/14922/Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=228&type=vulnerabilitiesPatch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/774338Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-102A.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-020
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19831
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1695
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3100
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3752
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4874
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4985
• http://secunia.com/advisories/14922/Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=228&type=vulnerabilitiesPatch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/774338Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-102A.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-020
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19831
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1695
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3100
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3752
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4874
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4985

Published

May 2, 2005

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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