CVE-2002-1714 json
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 through 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an object of type "text/html"…
published 2002-12-31 23 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2002-1693
- cvss
- 5.0
- version 2.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 19.4%
- EPSS 19.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
- public exploits
- 1
- Exploit-DB
Summary
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 through 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an object of type "text/html" with the DATA field that identifies the HTML document that contains the object, which may cause infinite recursion.
Timeline
- First public exploit (EDB-21404)
- Published
Exploit prediction
19.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- EDB-21404 Microsoft Internet Explorer 5/6 - Self-Referential Object Denial of Service dos, 2002-04-20
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
References
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online.securityfocus.com
/archive/1/268776
mailing-list
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securityfocus.com
/bid/4564
vdb-entry
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exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
/vulnerabilities/8904
vdb-entry
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2002-1714
- NVD CVE-2002-1714
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