Vulnerabilities > CVE-2005-2308 - Denial Of Service vulnerability in Microsoft IE 6.0
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL Integrity impact
PARTIAL Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
The JPEG decoder in Microsoft Internet Explorer allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via certain crafted JPEG images, as demonstrated using (1) mov_fencepost.jpg, (2) cmp_fencepost.jpg, (3) oom_dos.jpg, or (4) random.jpg.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 |
Exploit-Db
| description | Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0.1 JPEG Image Rendering CMP Fencepost Denial Of Service Vulnerability. CVE-2005-2308. Dos exploit for windows platform |
| id | EDB-ID:25992 |
| last seen | 2016-02-03 |
| modified | 2005-07-15 |
| published | 2005-07-15 |
| reporter | Michal Zalewski |
| source | https://www.exploit-db.com/download/25992/ |
| title | Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0.1 JPEG Image Rendering CMP Fencepost Denial of Service Vulnerability |