# CVE-2002-1714: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers can crash Microsoft Internet Explorer by sending a crafted HTML object, causing a denial of service.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/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:** 21 Jun 2005
- **Updated:** 8 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vq33-xjhq-gcxv

## What is CVE-2002-1714?

CVE-2002-1714 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Ie, published on 21 Jun 2005. 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

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.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-1714?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Microsoft Ie, Microsoft Internet Explorer.

## How do I fix CVE-2002-1714?

No fix has been published for CVE-2002-1714 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2002-1714 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2002-1714 exists.

Public exploit code:

- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5/6 - Self-Referential Object Denial of Service (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Ie

- [CVE-2007-0217](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-0217/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2007-0219](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-0219/): Code injection in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2006-1186](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-1186/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2004-0985](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-0985/): Code injection in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2004-0216](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-0216/): Integer overflow in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2002-1714 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2002-1714 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Ie, published on 21 Jun 2005. 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-2002-1714 exists.

Affected product: Microsoft Ie. 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-2002-1714/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-1714/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2002-1714
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-1714
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2002-1714

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.