What is CVE-2002-1705?

CVE-2002-1705 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer. Published 2002-12-31.

Is CVE-2002-1705 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer

CVE-2002-1705

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 through 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) with the p{cssText} element declared and a bold font weight.

Published 2002-12-31 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.176 (97.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 97.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.176 · newest: 0.176 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Microsoft Internet Explorer — versions 5.5, 6.0

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/277140/2002-12-07/2002-12-13/2 (mailing-list)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/9367 (vdb-entry)
online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/277133 (mailing-list)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/5027 (Exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2002-1705?: CVE-2002-1705 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer. Published 2002-12-31.
Is CVE-2002-1705 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.