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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 30, 2001· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2001-0712

CVE-2001-0712

Description

The rendering engine in Internet Explorer determines the MIME type independently of the type that is specified by the server, which allows remote servers to automatically execute script which is placed in a file whose MIME type does not normally support scripting, such as text (.txt), JPEG (.jpg), etc.

Affected products

4
  • Microsoft/Internet Explorer4 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)

Patches

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