CVE-2002-1444 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Google Toolbar 1.1.60 when used with Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0. Malicious HTML, potentially involving small width/height parameters or incorrect calls to the Google.Search() function, can cause a crash in oleaut32.dll. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 2.6, indicating a low severity with network access and high attack complexity, leading to partial availability impact. While not actively exploited or on the KEV catalog, a public exploit (EDB-21712) exists, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.1.60CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:toolbar:1.1.60:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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