CVE-2005-4843 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Microsoft Internet Explorer. Remote attackers can crash the browser by instantiating a specific, unintended COM object associated with the SmartConnect Class control. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a critical impact (denial of service) with low attack complexity and no authentication required. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion, suggesting it is not currently a prevalent threat.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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