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CVE-2005-3077

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.2.3 for Mac OS allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service...

5.0 MediumPublic exploit

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.2.3 for Mac OS allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a web page with malformed attributes in a BGSOUND tag, possibly involving double-quotes in an about: URI.

Exploit likelihood

13.9%Up 1.2 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.0

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.2.3 for Mac OS allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a web page with malformed attributes in a BGSOUND tag, possibly involving double-quotes in an about: URI.

Record
CVE-2005-3077
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.2.3 for Mac OS allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a web page with malformed attributes in a BGSOUND tag, possibly involving double-quotes in an about: URI.

Record
CVE-2005-3077
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2005-3077 No score

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.2.3 for Mac OS allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a web page with malformed attributes in a BGSOUND tag, possibly involving double-quotes in an about: URI.

Record
EUVD-2005-3077
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-pjfm-h5v6-8h69 No score

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.2.3 for Mac OS allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service...

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.2.3 for Mac OS allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a web page with malformed attributes in a BGSOUND tag, possibly involving double-quotes in an about: URI.

Record
GHSA-pjfm-h5v6-8h69
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
SourceLinkDate
Exploit-DBMicrosoft Internet Explorer 5.2.3 for Mac OS - Denial of Service2005-08-22

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD

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In short

CVE-2005-3077 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Microsoft Ie For Macintosh, published September 27, 2005. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 13.9%, the 96th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

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