CVE-2002-1185 Information

Description

Internet Explorer 5.01 through 6.0 does not properly check certain parameters of a PNG file when opening it which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by triggering a heap-based buffer overflow using invalid length codes during decompression aka \Malformed PNG Image File Failure.\

Reference

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q4/0105.html http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103970996205091&w=2 http://www.eeye.com/html/Research/Advisories/AD20021211.html http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10662.php http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6216 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-066 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A393 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A542