CVE-2005-1665

Published: May 18, 2005Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-Other

NVD MITRE

5.0CVSSMEDIUM

EPSS Score

Description

The __VIEWSTATE functionality in Microsoft ASP.NET 1.x, when not cryptographically signed, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via deeply nested markup.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAccess Vector

Network

AC:LAccess Complexity

Low

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:NConfidentiality

None

I:NIntegrity

None

A:PAvailability

Partial

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

asp.net microsoft

On-prem

Operating Systems / windows

n/a n/a

microsoftcommercialUSOperating Systems

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111513127704270&w=2

marc.info

http://scottonwriting.net/sowblog/posts/3747.aspx

scottonwriting.net

http://secunia.com/advisories/15241

secunia.com

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Timeline

Published

May 18, 2005

Last Updated

Apr 16, 2026

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