CVE-2002-0136
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.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (7.70%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 7.70% probability · 95th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- microsoft/internet explorer
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 7.7% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/250592Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3892
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7938
- http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/250592Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3892
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7938
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.