# 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.

- **Severity:** Low 2.1 (`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 15 Mar 2002
- **Updated:** 8 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6262-h2xf-fq8q

## 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: 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.

## 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

- [CVE-2007-0217](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-0217/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2007-0219](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-0219/): Code injection in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2006-1186](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-1186/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2004-0985](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-0985/): Code injection in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2004-0216](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-0216/): Integer overflow in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2001-1218 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2001-1218 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Microsoft Ie. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-1218/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-1218/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2001-1218
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-1218
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2001-1218

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-1218/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.