CVE-2005-4717

Published: Feb 15, 2006Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-Other

5.0MEDIUM

NVD MITRE

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.

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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

microsoft

commercial·US

ieOn-premDesktop App

Consumer Software / browser

internet explorerOn-premDesktop App

Consumer Software / browser

windows 2000OS

Operating Systems / windows

windows 2003 serverOS

Operating Systems / windows

windows ntOn-premOS

Operating Systems / windows

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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

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