01 Record
CVE-2002-1185
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 21.34% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 97.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2004-09-01 04:00Z22 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 03:19Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2002-10-04
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 4af0fef36127d9915223140c73b5ba9a28ea78bcb2809146c8782b9405149424
05 Affected products
06 References
- docs.microsoft.comMS02-066https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-066
- www.securityfocus.com6216http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6216
- www.eeye.comAD20021211http://www.eeye.com/html/Research/Advisories/AD20021211.html
- marc.info20021212 PNG (Portable Network Graphics) Deflate Heap Corruption Vulnerabilityhttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103970996205091&w=2
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:542https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A542
- www.iss.netie-png-bo(10662)http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10662.php
- archives.neohapsis.com20021211 PNG (Portable Network Graphics) Deflate Heap Corruption Vulnerabilityhttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q4/0105.html
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:393https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A393