CVE-2002-0136

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 - Denial of Service via Long Form Field Values

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 on Windows 98 allows remote web pages to cause a denial of service (hang) via extremely long values for form fields such as INPUT and TEXTAREA, which can be automatically filled via Javascript.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3892
Vendor Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/250592
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7938

Scores

EPSS 0.0770
EPSS Percentile 94.0%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
microsoft/internet_explorer 5.5 (3 CPE variants)
Published Mar 25, 2002
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026