CVE-2002-0072
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.
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Key data
EPSS
Exploit Prediction Scoring System by FIRST: an estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days.
- Score
- 0.63478 (63.5% probability)
- Percentile
- 99.2%
- Scores of
- Nov 10, 2026
- Model
- v2026.06.15
References
Links listed in the CVE record. They lead to other sites, which CubePath does not control.
- 4479 (securityfocus.com)vdb-entry
- VU#521059 (kb.cert.org)third-party-advisory
- iis-isapi-filter-error-dos(8800) (iss.net)vdb-entry
- 20020411 KPMG-2002009: Microsoft IIS W3SVC Denial of Service (marc.info)mailing-list
- MS02-018 (docs.microsoft.com)vendor-advisory
- 3326 (osvdb.org)vdb-entry
- CA-2002-09 (cert.org)third-party-advisory
- 20020415 Microsoft IIS Vulnerabilities in Cisco Products - MS02-018 (cisco.com)vendor-advisory
Timeline
- ID reserved
- Record published
- Record last updated
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