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."
CVSS 2.0
Severity: HIGH
Problem Type: CWE-119,
Products Affected
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|---|---|
| microsoft | office | 2000 |
| microsoft | visual_studio_.net | 2003 |
| microsoft | project | 2002 |
| microsoft | project | 2003 |
| microsoft | project | 98 |
| microsoft | .net_framework | 1.1 |
| microsoft | visual_studio_.net | 2002 |
| ati | catalyst_driver | * |
| microsoft | visio | 2002 |
| microsoft | office | * |
| microsoft | visual_studio_.net | gold |
| microsoft | office | xp |
| microsoft | project | 2000 |
| microsoft | visio | 2003 |
| microsoft | visio | 2000 |
Drivers for certain display adapters, including (1) an unspecified ATI driver and (2) an unspecified Intel driver, might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a large JPEG image, as demonstrated in Internet Explorer using stoopid.jpg with a width and height of 9999999.
CVSS 2.0
Severity: HIGH
Problem Type: NVD-CWE-noinfo,
Products Affected
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|---|---|
| intel | display_adapter_driver | * |
| ati | catalyst_driver | * |