CVE-2002-0101

medium

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.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3789

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7826.php

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101039104608083&w=2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2002-03-25

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H