CVE-2002-1705: Microsoft Internet Explorer

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 17.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 through 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) with the p{cssText} element declared and a bold font weight.

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer: version 5.5 only; version 6.0 only

Published 2002-12-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.