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CVE-2001-1489

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 17.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2005-06-21 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

• Microsoft Ie: 6-windows_server_2003_sp1

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/245152
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3684
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7709
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/245152
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3684
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7709

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