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CVSSv2

CVE-2002-0461

Published: 12/08/2002 Updated: 23/07/2021
CVSS v2 Base Score: 5 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 10
VMScore: 505
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

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

Vulnerability Trend

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microsoft internet explorer 5.5

microsoft internet explorer 6.0

microsoft internet explorer 5.0.1

Exploits

source: wwwsecurityfocuscom/bid/4322/info It is possible to create a loop in JavaScript which is capable of crashing various web browsers This is due to a flaw in the JavaScript interpreter Browsers that have been tested include Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla and Opera It has been reported that on some environments (such as IE w ...