VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2005-4843
The SmartConnect Class 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 7.8EPSS 11.2%
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 11.2%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The SmartConnect Class 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
- 7.8 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- EPSS
- 11.18% probability · 96th 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.