CVE-2005-0554

high Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS Score
75.3%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 1% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
P
Integrity
P
Availability
P
Published: May 2, 2005 (7682 days ago)
Last Modified: April 16, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

Description

Buffer overflow in the URL processor of Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5, and 6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a URL with a long hostname, aka "URL Parsing Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

microsoft internet explorer

References

🔗 secunia.com 🔗 www.idefense.com 🔗 www.kb.cert.org 🔗 www.us-cert.gov 🔗 docs.microsoft.com