CVE-2005-2127

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5, and 6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a web page with embedded CLSIDs that reference certain COM objects that are not intended for use within Internet Explorer, as originally demonstrated using the (1) DDS Library Shape Control (Msdds.dll) COM object, and other objects including (2) Blnmgrps.dll, (3) Ciodm.dll, (4) Comsvcs.dll, (5) Danim.dll, (6) Htmlmarq.ocx, (7) Mdt2dd.dll (as demonstrated using a heap corruption attack with uninitialized memory), (8) Mdt2qd.dll, (9) Mpg4ds32.ax, (10) Msadds32.ax, (11) Msb1esen.dll, (12) Msb1fren.dll, (13) Msb1geen.dll, (14) Msdtctm.dll, (15) Mshtml.dll, (16) Msoeacct.dll, (17) Msosvfbr.dll, (18) Mswcrun.dll, (19) Netshell.dll, (20) Ole2disp.dll, (21) Outllib.dll, (22) Psisdecd.dll, (23) Qdvd.dll, (24) Repodbc.dll, (25) Shdocvw.dll, (26) Shell32.dll, (27) Soa.dll, (28) Srchui.dll, (29) Stobject.dll, (30) Vdt70.dll, (31) Vmhelper.dll, and (32) Wbemads.dll, aka a variant of the "COM Object Instantiation Memory Corruption vulnerability."

Weakness classification

• CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Primary references

• secure@microsoft.com — Third Party Advisory
• secure@microsoft.com — Patch, Vendor Advisory
• secure@microsoft.com — Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
• secure@microsoft.com — Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
• secure@microsoft.com — Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
• secure@microsoft.com — Third Party Advisory
• secure@microsoft.com — Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
• secure@microsoft.com — Third Party Advisory
• secure@microsoft.com — Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
• secure@microsoft.com — Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
• secure@microsoft.com — Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
• secure@microsoft.com — Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory