# CVE-2002-1444: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers can crash Internet Explorer via malicious HTML when using the Google Toolbar, causing a denial of service.

- **Severity:** Low 2.6 (`AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Mar 2003
- **Updated:** 8 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-v3vx-64rr-w62w

## What is CVE-2002-1444?

CVE-2002-1444 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer, published on 18 Mar 2003. 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

The Google toolbar 1.1.60, when running on Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash with an exception in oleaut32.dll) via malicious HTML, possibly related to small width and height parameters or an incorrect call to the Google.Search() function.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-1444?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Google Toolbar, Microsoft Internet Explorer.

## How do I fix CVE-2002-1444?

No fix has been published for CVE-2002-1444 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2002-1444 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2002-1444 exists.

Public exploit code:

- Google Toolbar 1.1.60 - Search Function Denial of Service (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Internet Explorer

- [CVE-2002-1442](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-1442/): Security feature bypass in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2007-6536](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-6536/): Information disclosure in n/a (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2002-1443](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-1443/): Information disclosure in n/a (medium 5.0)
- [CVE-2004-2475](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-2475/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2002-1444 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2002-1444 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer, published on 18 Mar 2003. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2002-1444 exists.

Affected product: Microsoft Internet Explorer. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-1444/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-1444/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2002-1444
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-1444
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2002-1444

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-1444/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.