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CVE-2002-1705

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 17.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2002-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 through 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) with the p{cssText} element declared and a bold font weight.

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 5.5, 6.0

References

• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/277133
• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/277140/2002-12-07/2002-12-13/2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5027
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/9367
• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/277133
• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/277140/2002-12-07/2002-12-13/2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5027
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/9367

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