CVE-2005-1990

Internet Explorer 5.0, 5.5, and 6.0 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, including (1) devenum.dll, (2) diactfrm.dll, (3) wmm2filt.dll, (4) fsusd.dll, (5) dmdskmgr.dll, (6) browsewm.dll, (7) browseui.dll, (8) shell32.dll, (9) mshtml.dll, (10) inetcfg.dll, (11) infosoft.dll, (12) query.dll, (13) syncui.dll, (14) clbcatex.dll, (15) clbcatq.dll, (16) comsvcs.dll, and (17) msconf.dll, which causes memory corruption, aka "COM Object Instantiation Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2087.

• http://secunia.com/advisories/16373/Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1014643
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/959049US Government Resource
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14511
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-221A.htmlPatch, US Government Resource
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1353
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-038
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100082
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1061
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1221
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1235
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1337
• http://secunia.com/advisories/16373/Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1014643
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/959049US Government Resource
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14511
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-221A.htmlPatch, US Government Resource
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1353
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-038
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100082
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1061
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1221
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1235
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1337

Published

Aug 10, 2005

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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