Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 11, 2002· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2002-1185
CVE-2002-1185
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."
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Affected products
9cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 7 more
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- 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:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 5.01 - 6.0
Patches
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References
8- www.iss.net/security_center/static/10662.phpnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q4/0105.htmlnvd
- marc.infonvd
- www.eeye.com/html/Research/Advisories/AD20021211.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/6216nvd
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-066nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A393nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A542nvd
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