PT-2005-2796 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Benjamin Tobias Franz · Published 2005-05-28 · Updated 2021-07-23 · CVE-2005-1829

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6 SP2

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in an infinite loop and application crash, by utilizing two embedded files that call each other.

Recommendations For Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6 SP2, consider disabling the feature that allows embedded files to call each other as a temporary workaround until a patch is available.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-1829

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 2

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-1829 · Security Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111746441220149&w=2 · Note