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
Vulnerability mechanics
No source-code context for this CVE — mechanics is only generated when we can read the actual fix diff. Without that, the four sections (root cause, attack vector, affected code, fix) would be speculation rather than analysis.
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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