CVE-2005-2304: Microsoft Internet Explorer

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 9.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Microsoft MSN Messenger 9.0 and Internet Explorer 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an image with an ICC Profile with a large Tag Count.

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer: version 6.0 only
• Microsoft Live Messenger: version 9.0 only

Published 2005-07-19. Last modified 2026-06-16.