CVE-2002-1185

N/A Unknown
Published: December 11, 2002 Modified: April 16, 2026
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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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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q4/0105.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103970996205091&w=2
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.eeye.com/html/Research/Advisories/AD20021211.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10662.php
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6216
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-066
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A393
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A542
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q4/0105.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103970996205091&w=2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.eeye.com/html/Research/Advisories/AD20021211.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10662.php
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6216
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-066
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A393
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A542
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

16 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
29.2%
97th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

microsoft