CVE-2002-0022

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 39.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2002-03-08 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in the implementation of an HTML directive in mshtml.dll in Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a web page that specifies embedded ActiveX controls in a way that causes 2 Unicode strings to be concatenated.

Affected products

Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 5.5, 6.0

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101362984930597&w=2
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/258614
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-04.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8116.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4080
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-005
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A925
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101362984930597&w=2
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/258614
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-04.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8116.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4080

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