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CVE-2002-0461

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 24.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2002-08-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Internet Explorer 5.01 through 6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via Javascript in a web page that calls location.replace on itself, causing a loop.

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 5.0.1, 5.0.1-sp1, 5.0.1-sp2, 5.5, 5.5-sp1, 5.5-sp2 (+1)

References

• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/262994
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8488.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4322
• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/262994
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8488.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4322

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