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CVE-2002-0022 (GCVE-0-2002-0022)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2002-06-25 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 02:35
VLAI
Summary
Buffer overflow in the implementation of an HTML directive in mshtml.dll in Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a web page that specifies embedded ActiveX controls in a way that causes 2 Unicode strings to be concatenated.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-04.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101362984930597&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8116.php vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/258614 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4080 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public
2002-02-11 00:00
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