CVE-2001-1219 Denial of service in n/a
Malicious websites can crash Internet Explorer clients by using JavaScript to continuously refresh the window, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2001-1219?
CVE-2001-1219 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer, published on 15 Mar 2002. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 and earlier allows malicious website operators to cause a denial of service (client crash) via JavaScript that continually refreshes the window via self.location.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-1219?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Internet Explorer.
How do I fix CVE-2001-1219?
No fix has been published for CVE-2001-1219 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-2001-1219 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2001-1219 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2014-1776 Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption
- CVE-2021-27085 Microsoft Internet Explorer Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2017-0222 Microsoft Internet Explorer Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2017-0210 Microsoft Internet Explorer Privilege Escalation
- CVE-2017-0149 Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vc8f-vm3h-2hqw.