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CVE-2005-4717

Published: Feb 15, 2006Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-Other
NVD MITRE
5.0CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
19.5%
Top 3.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
2 Known
Remediation
No Fix Available

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 on Windows NT 4.0 SP6a, Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP1, Windows XP SP2, and Windows Server 2003 SP1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (client crash) via a certain combination of a malformed HTML file and a CSS file that triggers a null dereference, probably related to rendering of a DIV element that contains a malformed IMG tag, as demonstrated by IEcrash.htm and IEcrash.rar.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:NI:NA:P
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

n/an/a
iemicrosoft
On-premDesktop App
Consumer Software / browser
internet explorermicrosoft
On-premDesktop App
Consumer Software / browser
windows 2000microsoft
OS
Operating Systems / windows
windows 2003 servermicrosoft
OS
Operating Systems / windows
microsoftcommercialUSOperating Systems
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Exploitability

2 exploit sources identified

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References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-10/0673.html
archives.neohapsis.com
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-11/0127.html
archives.neohapsis.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15268
securityfocus.com

Timeline

Published
Feb 15, 2006
Last Updated
Apr 16, 2026

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