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CVE-2005-0554 (GCVE-0-2005-0554)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2005-04-13 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 21:21
VLAI
Summary
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."
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
References
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http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-102A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
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Date Public
2005-04-12 00:00
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