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CVE-2002-0072 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101853851025208&w=2	CVE
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-018	CVE
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-09.html	CVE	US Government Resource
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/Microsoft-IIS-vulnerabilities-MS02-018.shtml	CVE
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8800.php	CVE
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/521059	CVE	US Government Resource
http://www.osvdb.org/3326	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4479	CVE
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101853851025208&w=2	[email protected]
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-018	[email protected]
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-09.html	[email protected]	US Government Resource
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/Microsoft-IIS-vulnerabilities-MS02-018.shtml	[email protected]
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8800.php	[email protected]
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/521059	[email protected]	US Government Resource
http://www.osvdb.org/3326	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4479	[email protected]

see all 16 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
microsoft internet information server	4.0
CPE cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_server:4.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
microsoft internet information services	5.0
CPE cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_services:5.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

9 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 16, 2026		[email protected]
Nov 20, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 23, 2020	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Oct 30, 2018	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Oct 12, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 18, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 1, 2004	Initial Analysis	[email protected]