CVE-2002-0647

high Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS Score
15.5%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 5% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
P
Integrity
P
Availability
P
Published: September 24, 2002 (8633 days ago)
Last Modified: April 16, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

Description

Buffer overflow in a legacy ActiveX control used to display specially formatted text in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5, and 6.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, aka "Buffer Overrun in Legacy Text Formatting ActiveX Control".

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

microsoft internet explorer

References

🔗 www.iss.net 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 docs.microsoft.com 🔗 www.iss.net 🔗 www.securityfocus.com