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CVE-2002-1185

nvd nist
Published: Dec 11, 2002Modified: Apr 16, 2026

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5.0
Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 2.9
Source: NVD

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."

Affected (8)

Microsoft
2 products
Ie
Internet Explorer
Configuration A
8 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Ie
Version 6.0 sp1
Microsoft
Internet Explorer
Version 5.0.1
Internet Explorer
Version 5.0.1 sp1
Internet Explorer
Version 5.0.1 sp2
Internet Explorer
Version 5.5
Internet Explorer
Version 5.5 sp1
Internet Explorer
Version 5.5 sp2
Internet Explorer
Version 6.0

References (16)

Source: cve@mitre.org
Source: cve@mitre.org
Source: cve@mitre.org
Source: cve@mitre.org
PatchVendor Advisory
Source: cve@mitre.org
Source: cve@mitre.org
Source: cve@mitre.org
Source: cve@mitre.org
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
PatchVendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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