CVE-2002-0461

Severity

50%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

48%

Internet Explorer 5.01 through 6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via Javascript in a web page that calls location.replace on itself, causing a loop.

Internet Explorer 5.01 through 6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via Javascript in a web page that calls location.replace on itself, causing a loop.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P).

Overview

Type

Microsoft

First reported 22 years ago

2002-08-12 04:00:00

Last updated 16 years ago

2008-09-05 20:28:00

Affected Software

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0.1

5.0.1

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0.1 SP1

5.0.1

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0.1 SP2

5.0.1

Microsoft ie 5.5

5.5

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 SP1

5.5

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 SP2

5.5

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0

6.0

References

20020318 Javascript loop causes IE to crash

Vendor Advisory

ie-javascript-dos(8488)

Vendor Advisory

4322

Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory

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