CVE-2002-0072

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium

CVSS5.0

Exploit probability—

Product

Microsoft Internet Information Server

PublishedApr 22, 2002

First seenApr 22, 2002

How to fix

Vendor advisories

docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-018

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
microsoft internet_information_server	4.0	—
microsoft internet_information_services	5.0	—

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