CVE-2002-1444

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Published Mar 18, 2003 CVSS 2.0 · 2.6 Low EPSS 13.5% KEV · Not listed

Description

The Google toolbar 1.1.60, when running on Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash with an exception in oleaut32.dll) via malicious HTML, possibly related to small width and height parameters or an incorrect call to the Google.Search() function.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:google:toolbar:1.1.60:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 13.5% (13.543% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/287498
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9883.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5477
http://www.sztolnia.pl/hack/googIE/googIE.html

History

Jul 11, 2025 1:45 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.15971}`	epss `{'score': 0.17104}`

Subscriptions

Google Toolbar

Microsoft Internet Explorer

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 3:26 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Mar 18, 2003, 5:00 AM
Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 3:26 AM
Reserved: Feb 5, 2003, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 9:59 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Aug 15, 2002, 4:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 9:59 PM

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