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
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
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n/aaffected
References
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-066 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6216 ↗
- http://www.eeye.com/html/Research/Advisories/AD20021211.html ↗
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103970996205091&w=2 ↗
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A542 ↗
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10662.php ↗
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q4/0105.html ↗
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A393 ↗