CVE-2005-4842: Microsoft Internet Explorer

High severity, CVSS 7.1. EPSS: 9.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The System Monitor Source Properties control allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Internet Explorer crash) by creating a COM object of the class associated with the control's CLSID, which is not intended for use within Internet Explorer.

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer: version 7.0 only

Published 2005-12-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.