CVE-2001-1218 Denial of service in n/a
Local users can crash the browser or X server by rapidly scrolling Chinese characters or maximizing the window in Internet Explorer for Unix.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2001-1218?
CVE-2001-1218 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Ie, published on 15 Mar 2002. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Microsoft Internet Explorer for Unix 5.0SP1 allows local users to possibly cause a denial of service (crash) in CDE or the X server on Solaris 2.6 by rapidly scrolling Chinese characters or maximizing the window.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-1218?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Ie.
How do I fix CVE-2001-1218?
No fix has been published for CVE-2001-1218 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2001-1218 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2001-1218 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Ie
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6262-h2xf-fq8q.