Is CVE-2005-2831 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2005-2831 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2005-2831?

CVE-2005-2831 has a CVSS v2 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2005-2831?

CVE-2005-2831 has an EPSS score of 30.14% (98th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2005-2831

HIGHEPSS 98th pctl

7.5

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5, and 6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a web page with embedded CLSIDs that reference certain COM objects that are not intended for use within Internet Explorer, aka a variant of the "COM Object Instantiation Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2127.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

30.14%probability of exploitation in 30 days

98thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 98% of all known CVEs.

References

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-16.