CVE-2002-1444

Exp

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.

Published: 2002-08-15 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2002-1444 is rated Exploit Available (55.3/100): CVSS Low severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 13.54%, 96th percentile). 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2002-1444

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
21712 exploit_db edb 2002-08-15 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-1444

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 17.18% 13.54% -3.64%
2 2026-03-05 17.10% 17.18% +0.08%
3 2025-07-11 — 17.10% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-1444

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.6 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 4.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2002-1444

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-1444

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
google toolbar 1.1.60 cpe:2.3:a:google:toolbar:1.1.60:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft internet_explorer 5.5 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft internet_explorer 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-1444

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