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FKIE_CVE-2002-1185

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2002-12-11 05:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 21:58
Severity
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
cve@mitre.orghttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q4/0105.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103970996205091&w=2
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.eeye.com/html/Research/Advisories/AD20021211.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10662.phpPatch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6216
cve@mitre.orghttps://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-066
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A393
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A542
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q4/0105.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103970996205091&w=2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.eeye.com/html/Research/Advisories/AD20021211.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10662.phpPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6216
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-066
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A393
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A542
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
microsoft ie 6.0
microsoft internet_explorer 5.0.1
microsoft internet_explorer 5.0.1
microsoft internet_explorer 5.0.1
microsoft internet_explorer 5.5
microsoft internet_explorer 5.5
microsoft internet_explorer 5.5
microsoft internet_explorer 6.0
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