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CVE-2005-4269

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 4.94%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2005-12-15 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8. It affects Microsoft, Windows, Office. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

CVE
CVE-2005-4269
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
4.94%
Microsoft Windows Office

Original NVD Description

mshtml.dll in Microsoft Windows XP, Server 2003, and Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (access violation) by causing mshtml.dll to process button-focus events at the same time that a document is reloading, as seen in Microsoft Office InfoPath 2003 by repeatedly clicking the "Delete" button in a repeating section in a form. NOTE: the normal operation of InfoPath appears to involve a local user without any privilege boundaries, so this might not be a vulnerability in InfoPath. If no realistic scenarios exist for this problem in other products, then perhaps it should be excluded from CVE.