PT-2001-2577 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 2001-12-31 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2001-1489

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in CPU consumption and memory leak, via a web page containing a large number of images.

Recommendations For Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6, consider restricting the number of images that can be loaded on a single web page to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Related Identifiers

CVE-2001-1489

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 5

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/21181 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/3684 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-1489 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/245152 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7709 · Note