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CVE-2002-0152

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 17.4% 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 various Microsoft applications for Macintosh allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code by invoking the file:// directive with a large number of / characters, which affects Internet Explorer 5.1, Outlook Express 5.0 through 5.0.2, Entourage v. X and 2001, PowerPoint v. X, 2001, and 98, and Excel v. X and 2001 for Macintosh.

Affected products

• Microsoft Entourage: 2001, v._x
• Microsoft Excel 2013 Service Pack 1: 2001, x
• Microsoft Ie: 5.1
• Microsoft Office: 2001, 2001-sr1, v.x
• Microsoft Outlook Express: 5.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2, 5.0.3
• Microsoft PowerPoint for Android: 98, 2001, v.x

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101897994314015&w=2
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8850.php
• http://www.osvdb.org/5357
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4517
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-019
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101897994314015&w=2
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8850.php
• http://www.osvdb.org/5357
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4517
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-019

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