CVE-2005-0055: Microsoft Ie

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 36.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5, and 6 does not properly validate buffers when handling certain DHTML methods including the createControlRange Javascript function, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, aka the "DHTML Method Heap Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Ie: version 6.0 only
• Microsoft Internet Explorer: version 5.0.1 only; version 5.5 only; version 6.0 only

Published 2005-05-02. Last modified 2026-06-16.