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CVE-2002-0072

The w3svc.dll ISAPI filter in Front Page Server Extensions and ASP.NET for Internet Information...

5.0 Medium

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.

Exploit likelihood

63.5%Up 41.8 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.0

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.

Record
CVE-2002-0072
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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.

Record
CVE-2002-0072
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2002-0072 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2002-0072
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-84f6-4j88-6cvc No score

The w3svc.dll ISAPI filter in Front Page Server Extensions and ASP.NET for Internet Information...

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.

Record
GHSA-84f6-4j88-6cvc
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2002-0072 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Microsoft Internet Information Server, published April 22, 2002. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 63.5%, the 99th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

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