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."
References (8)
Core 8
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ms
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-066
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6216
Various Sources third-party-advisory
x_refsource_eeye
http://www.eeye.com/html/Research/Advisories/AD20021211.html
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103970996205091&w=2
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A542
Patch, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_xf
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10662.php
Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_vulnwatch
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q4/0105.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A393
Scores
EPSS
0.2134
EPSS Percentile
97.4%
Details
Status
published
Products (4)
microsoft/ie
6.0 sp1
microsoft/internet_explorer
5.0.1 (3 CPE variants)
microsoft/internet_explorer
5.5 (3 CPE variants)
microsoft/internet_explorer
6.0
Published
Dec 11, 2002
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026