CVE-2002-1185 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Internet Explorer by sending a malformed PNG file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow during decompression.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2002-1185?
CVE-2002-1185 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Ie, published on 1 Sep 2004. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official 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."
Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-1185?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Microsoft Ie, Microsoft Internet Explorer.
How do I fix CVE-2002-1185?
No fix has been published for CVE-2002-1185 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2002-1185 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-1185 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Ie
Sources
Also known as GHSA-22c7-cppf-fmqm.