CVE-2002-1984: Microsoft Internet Explorer

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 9.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0.1 through 6.0 on Windows 2000 or Windows XP allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an OBJECT tag that contains a crafted CLASSID (CLSID) value of "CLSID:00022613-0000-0000-C000-000000000046".

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer: version 5.0.1 only; version 5.5 only; version 6.0 only

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