CVE-2005-1791 Denial of service in n/a
A denial of service vulnerability in Internet Explorer causes a crash when users add specific numeric-prefixed URIs to the restricted zone.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2005-1791?
CVE-2005-1791 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Ie, published on 1 Jun 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP2 (6.0.2900.2180) crashes when the user attempts to add a URI to the restricted zone, in which the full domain name of the URI begins with numeric sequences similar to an IP address. NOTE: if there is not an exploit scenario in which an attacker can trigger this behavior, then perhaps this issue should not be included in CVE.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-1791?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Ie.
How do I fix CVE-2005-1791?
No fix has been published for CVE-2005-1791 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2005-1791 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-1791 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Ie
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7x79-jxc8-j9v6.