CVE-2005-1829 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can crash Internet Explorer 6 SP2 by tricking users into viewing a page with two mutually referencing embedded files.

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-2005-1829?

CVE-2005-1829 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer, published on 2 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 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and application crash) via two embedded files that call each other.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-1829?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Microsoft Internet Explorer.

How do I fix CVE-2005-1829?

No fix has been published for CVE-2005-1829 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-2005-1829 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-1829 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-j68q-73rx-mmj5.

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