Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP2 6.0.2900.2180 and 6.0.2800.1106, and earlier versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of…

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP2 6.0.2900.2180 and 6.0.2800.1106, and earlier versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and execute arbitrary code via a Javascript BODY onload event that calls the window function, aka "Mismatched Document Object Model Objects Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

83.5% · top 0.3% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.6.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-399 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-399 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (24)

• 18064 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 15546 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1508 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1489 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 13799 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• VU#887861 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
• 20050528 Microsoft Internet Explorer - Crash on JavaScript "window()"-calling (05/28/2005) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 20051121 Computer Terrorism Security Advisory (Reclassification) - Microsoft Internet Explorer JavaScript Window() Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• TA05-347A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
• MS05-054 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
• 20050530 Re: Microsoft Internet Explorer - Crash on JavaScript "window()"-calling (05/28/2005) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1303 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• http://www.computerterrorism.com/research/ie/ct21-11-2005 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-234.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 15368 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2005-2909 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1299 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 18311 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:722 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• ADV-2005-2867 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• ADV-2005-2509 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1091 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• http://www130.nortelnetworks.com/cgi-bin/eserv/cs/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&DocumentOID=375420 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 1015251 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2005-1790](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2005-1790.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2005-1790)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 22:06 UTC.