CVE-2002-0072 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The w3svc.dll ISAPI filter in Front Page Server Extensions and ASP.NET for Internet Information Server (IIS) 4.0, 5.0, and 5.1 does not properly handle the error condition when a long URL is provided, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) when the URL parser accesses a null pointer.

Published: 2003-04-02

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 33.4% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_server:4.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_services:5.0:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.33443.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101853851025208&w=2
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-09.html
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/Microsoft-IIS-vulnerabilities-MS02-018.shtml
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8800.php
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/521059
http://www.osvdb.org/3326
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4479
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-018

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Internet Information Server Internet Information Services

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2003-04-02T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T02:35:17.469Z

Reserved: 2002-02-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-0072

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2002-04-22T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2002-0072

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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