oval:org.mitre.oval:def:542

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:542
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:542
Title: IE v5.5 Malformed PNG Image File Failure Vulnerability
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."
Family: windows Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2002-1185
Version: 3
Platform(s): Microsoft Windows 2000
Product(s): Microsoft Internet Explorer
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