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ID CVE-2002-1185
Summary 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."
References
Vulnerable Configurations
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0.1:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0.1:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0.1:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0.1:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVSS
Base: 5.0 (as of 23-07-2021 - 12:55)
Impact:
Exploitability:
CWE NVD-CWE-Other
CAPEC
Access
VectorComplexityAuthentication
NETWORK LOW NONE
Impact
ConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
NONE NONE PARTIAL
cvss-vector via4 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
oval via4
  • accepted 2014-02-24T04:03:17.576-05:00
    class vulnerability
    contributors
    • name Harvey Rubinovitz
      organization The MITRE Corporation
    • name Christine Walzer
      organization The MITRE Corporation
    • name Maria Mikhno
      organization ALTX-SOFT
    description 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."
    family windows
    id oval:org.mitre.oval:def:393
    status accepted
    submitted 2004-01-27T05:00:00.000-04:00
    title IE v6.0 Malformed PNG Image File Failure Vulnerability
    version 67
  • accepted 2014-02-24T04:03:22.562-05:00
    class vulnerability
    contributors
    • name Harvey Rubinovitz
      organization The MITRE Corporation
    • name Maria Mikhno
      organization ALTX-SOFT
    description 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."
    family windows
    id oval:org.mitre.oval:def:542
    status accepted
    submitted 2004-01-27T12:00:00.000-04:00
    title IE v5.5 Malformed PNG Image File Failure Vulnerability
    version 66
refmap via4
bid 6216
bugtraq 20021212 PNG (Portable Network Graphics) Deflate Heap Corruption Vulnerability
eeye AD20021211
vulnwatch 20021211 PNG (Portable Network Graphics) Deflate Heap Corruption Vulnerability
xf ie-png-bo(10662)
Last major update 23-07-2021 - 12:55
Published 11-12-2002 - 05:00
Last modified 23-07-2021 - 12:55
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