CVE-2002-0101

Internet Explorer 6.0 and earlier - Denial of Service via Modeless Dialog Infinite Loop

Title source: llm

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service via an infinite loop for modeless dialogs showModelessDialog, which causes CPU usage while the focus for the dialog is not released.

References (3)

Core 3

Core References

Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101039104608083&w=2

Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_xf

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7826.php

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3789

Scores

EPSS 0.1240

EPSS Percentile 95.8%

Details

Status published

Products (2)

microsoft/internet_explorer 5.5 (3 CPE variants)

microsoft/internet_explorer 6.0

Published Mar 25, 2002

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026