CVE-2002-1984 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can crash Microsoft Internet Explorer by tricking users into visiting a page with a crafted OBJECT tag, causing a denial of service.

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-2002-1984?

CVE-2002-1984 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer, published on 28 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 5.0.1 through 6.0 on Windows 2000 or Windows XP allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an OBJECT tag that contains a crafted CLASSID (CLSID) value of "CLSID:00022613-0000-0000-C000-000000000046".

Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-1984?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Microsoft Internet Explorer.

How do I fix CVE-2002-1984?

No fix has been published for CVE-2002-1984 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2002-1984 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-1984 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Microsoft Internet Explorer vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-x52x-rwmr-42x9.

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