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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2005-2308 in the critical feed json

The JPEG decoder in Microsoft Internet Explorer allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or crash) and possibl…

published 2005-07-19 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-2309

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
17.4%
EPSS 17.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

The JPEG decoder in Microsoft Internet Explorer allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via certain crafted JPEG images, as demonstrated using (1) mov_fencepost.jpg, (2) cmp_fencepost.jpg, (3) oom_dos.jpg, or (4) random.jpg.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-25992)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

17.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-25992 Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0.1 - '.JPEG' Image Rendering CMP Fencepost Denial of Service dos, 2005-07-15
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14285 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14286 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • lcamtuf.coredump.cx http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/crash referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14284 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/405298 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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