Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 31, 2001· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2001-1489

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.

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Affected products

Microsoft/Ie
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6:windows_server_2003_sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
Microsoft/Internet Explorerllm-fuzzy
Range: =6

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/3684nvdExploit
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/245152nvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7709nvd

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