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CVE-2002-0101 Details

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service via an infinite loop for modeless dialogs showModelessDialog, which causes CPU usage while the focus for the dialog is not released.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

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

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
NVD-CWE-OtherWeakness Not in a Standard CWE Category[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
microsoft internet explorer
5.5
5.5 sp1
5.5 sp2
6.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2002-0101
NVD Published Date:
Mar 25, 2002
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]