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CVE-2005-1988

48
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-1988 describes an unknown memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 5.0, 5.5, and 6.0, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. This high-severity flaw, with a CVSS score of 5.1 and a FAUCET Risk Score of 98/100, can be triggered by a crafted JPEG image embedded in a website or HTML email. While not listed on the KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6:windows_server_2003_sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.01CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.1MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
4.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
45.60%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-1144 · Aug 9, 2005
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.4560 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-038
secunia.com / advisories/16373
PatchVendor Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1140
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1216
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1335
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A390
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/965206
PatchUS Government Resource
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA05-221A.html
PatchUS Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2005/1353