CVE-2002-0136

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2002-0136 · Published 25/03/2002 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2002-0136 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting internet explorer (microsoft).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 7.7%, higher than 94.6% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
internet explorer microsoft	`= 5.5`	No fix yet

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 on Windows 98 allows remote web pages to cause a denial of service (hang) via extremely long values for form fields such as INPUT and TEXTAREA, which can be automatically filled via Javascript.

References

online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/250592 · Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com/bid/3892
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7938

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