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CVE-2002-1185

Internet Explorer 5.01 through 6.0 does not properly check certain parameters of a PNG file when opening it, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by triggering a heap-based buffer overflow using invalid length codes during decompression, aka "Malformed PNG Image File Failure."

Published

2002-12-11T05:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    NVD-CWE-Other
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application microsoft ie 6.0 Yes
Application microsoft internet_explorer 5.0.1 Yes
Application microsoft internet_explorer 5.0.1 Yes
Application microsoft internet_explorer 5.0.1 Yes
Application microsoft internet_explorer 5.5 Yes
Application microsoft internet_explorer 5.5 Yes
Application microsoft internet_explorer 5.5 Yes
Application microsoft internet_explorer 6.0 Yes
References