VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2002-0022

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability39.77%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2002-03-08
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

Buffer overflow in the implementation of an HTML directive in mshtml.dll in Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a web page that specifies embedded ActiveX controls in a way that causes 2 Unicode strings to be concatenated.

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