CVE-1999-0802 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Microsoft Internet Explorer

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer3 documents3 sources
Severity
7.6HIGHNVD
EPSS
17.9%
top 4.84%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Microsoft Internet Explorer
Timeline
PublishedMay 27
Latest updateApr 19

Description

Buffer overflow in Internet Explorer 5 allows remote attackers to execute commands via a malformed Favorites icon.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:H/C:C/I:C/A:CExploitability: 4.9 | Impact: 10.0

Affected Packages1 packages

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
VulDB
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 Favorites Icon memory corruption (MS99-018 / XFDB-2244)↗2026-04-19
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GHSA
GHSA-cxq9-q2c6-pj7j: Buffer overflow in Internet Explorer 5 allows remote attackers to execute commands via a malformed Favorites icon↗2022-04-30
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CVE-1999-0802 — Microsoft vulnerability | cvebase