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CVE-2002-0150

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 52.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2002-04-22 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in Internet Information Server (IIS) 4.0, 5.0, and 5.1 allows remote attackers to spoof the safety check for HTTP headers and cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via HTTP header field values.

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Information Server: 4.0
• Microsoft IIS: 5.0

References

• http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-09.html
• http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/Microsoft-IIS-vulnerabilities-MS02-018.shtml
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8797.php
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/454091
• http://www.osvdb.org/3316
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4476
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-018
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A137
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A39
• http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-09.html
• http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/Microsoft-IIS-vulnerabilities-MS02-018.shtml
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8797.php

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