CVE-2005-1988

Exp

Unknown vulnerability in Internet Explorer 5.0, 5.5, and 6.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a web site or an HTML e-mail containing a crafted JPEG image that causes memory corruption, aka "JPEG Image Rendering Memory Corruption Vulnerability".

Published: 2005-08-10 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-1988 is rated High Exploit Risk (75.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 83.44%, 99th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +9.41% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2005-1988

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
1144 exploit_db edb 2005-08-09 Exploit-DB ↗
25991 exploit_db edb 2005-07-15 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-1988

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 74.03% 83.44% +9.41%
2 2025-03-29 83.44% 74.03% -9.41%
3 2025-03-23 — 83.44% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-1988

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.1 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 4.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-1988

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-1988

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft ie 6 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6:windows_server_2003_sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft internet_explorer 5.01 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft internet_explorer 5.5 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-1988

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