Buffer overflow in Ati Catalyst Driver
CVE-2005-2127
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."
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.632 (99.2th percentile), scored .
High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 99th percentile — 99.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.637 · newest: 0.632 · change: -0.004
Affected products
- Ati Catalyst Driver
- Microsoft .Net Framework — versions 1.1
- Microsoft Office — versions 2000, xp
- Microsoft Project — versions 98, 2000, 2002
- Microsoft Visio — versions 2000, 2002, 2003
- Microsoft Visual Studio .Net — versions 2002, 2003, gold
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/959049 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- isc.sans.org/diary.php (Third Party Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/470690/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/72 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-214.pdf (Third Party Advisory)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-347A.html (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-052 (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/15061 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/17223 (Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1454 (signature, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2005-2127?
- CVE-2005-2127 is a vulnerability in Ati Catalyst Driver, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2005-08-19.
- Is CVE-2005-2127 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.