PT-2002-1124 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 2002-03-08 · Updated 2021-07-23 · CVE-2002-0022

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Internet Explorer versions 5.5 through 6.0

Description A buffer overflow issue exists in the implementation of an HTML directive in mshtml.dll, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a web page with embedded ActiveX controls. This occurs when 2 Unicode strings are concatenated in a specific way.

Recommendations For Internet Explorer versions 5.5 through 6.0, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2002-0022

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 8

• http://iss.net/security_center/static/8116.php · Vendor Advisory
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-005 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-0022 · Security Note
• http://cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-04.html · Patch
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A925 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101362984930597&w=2 · Note
• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/258614 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/4080 · Note