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."
Published Sep 1, 2004
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 21.34%
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."
Affected products
No data.
- 6.0
- 5.0.1
- 5.0.1
- 5.0.1
- 5.5
- 5.5
- 5.5
- 6.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 21.34% (0.21342) | 97.54th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 21.34% (0.21342) | 97.28th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 29.20% (0.29205) | 95.99th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 37.46% (0.37465) | 96.84th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Feb 10, 2025 | 62.42% (0.62422) | 98.02th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 55.19% (0.55186) | 97.77th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 16, 2024 | 26.59% (0.26593) | 96.85th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 9, 2024 | 17.20% (0.17201) | 95.95th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 9, 2023 | 15.40% (0.15396) | 95.15th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 13.26% (0.13263) | 94.61th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 20.65% (0.20648) | 96.51th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 20.65% (0.20648) | 96.20th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 20.65% (0.20648) | 94.08th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (8)
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q4/0105.html mailing-listx_refsource_VULNWATCH
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103970996205091&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.eeye.com/html/Research/Advisories/AD20021211.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_EEYE
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10662.php vdb-entryx_refsource_XFPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6216 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-066 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A393 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A542 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q4/0105.html | mailing-listx_refsource_VULNWATCH | |
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103970996205091&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.eeye.com/html/Research/Advisories/AD20021211.html | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_EEYE | |
| http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10662.php | vdb-entryx_refsource_XFPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6216 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-066 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS | |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A393 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL | |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A542 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL |
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