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CVSSv2

CVE-2002-1705

Published: 31/12/2002 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

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 up to and including 6.0 allows remote malicious users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) with the p{cssText} element declared and a bold font weight.

Vulnerability Trend

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microsoft internet explorer 5.5

microsoft internet explorer 6.0

Exploits

source: wwwsecurityfocuscom/bid/5027/info A problem with Microsoft Internet Explorer may make it possible to deny service to users of the browser The problem is in the handling of certain types of stylesheet input It may be possible to crash IE When IE encounters a style sheet with the p{cssText} element declared, and a font weight of ...