CVE-2005-1829 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP2, where remote attackers can trigger an infinite loop and application crash by embedding two files that recursively call each other. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with a low attack complexity and no authentication required, leading to a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor is exploit code publicly available in Metasploit or ExploitDB, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.