CVE-2002-0101 — MEDIUM severity vulnerability (Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 and earlier allows local use)
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.
| CVE ID | CVE-2002-0101 |
|---|---|
| Severity | MEDIUM |
| CVSS score | 5.0 |
| CVSS vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 2002-03-25 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| 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. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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