VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2005-4841
The Outlook Progress Ctl control allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Internet Explorer crash) by creating a COM object of the class associated with the control's CLSID, which is not intended for use within Internet Explorer.
HIGH 7.1EPSS 9.20%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (9.20%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The Outlook Progress Ctl control allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Internet Explorer crash) by creating a COM object of the class associated with the control's CLSID, which is not intended for use within Internet Explorer.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.1 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- EPSS
- 9.20% probability · 95th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- microsoft/internet explorer
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.