CVE-2002-0101
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service via...
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.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2002-0101- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2002-0101- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2002-0101 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2002-0101- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-w5mq-x5jp-j4pg No score
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service via...
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.
- Record
GHSA-w5mq-x5jp-j4pg- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2002-0101 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Microsoft Internet Explorer, published March 15, 2002. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 12.4%, the 96th percentile. No source names a fixed version.