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CVE-2001-1489: microsoft ie

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
Published 21-06-2005Last modified 08-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2001-1489 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in microsoft ie. EPSS estimates a 17.66% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk
34/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
17.66%
0%100%
Medium · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits2reference, exploit-database

Timeline

  1. 21-06-2005
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and memory leak) via a web page with a large number of images.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

17.66%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

97%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 17.66% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
17.66%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

2 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (securityfocus.com)

    Maturity: unknown

  • exploit-databasedosmultipleVerified

    Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 / Mozilla 0.9.6 / Opera 5.1 - Image Count Denial of Service

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Microsoft1 product
  • ie6:windows_server_2003_sp1

1 vendor · 1 product

References

3 links