CVE-2001-0712

HIGH 7.5CVE-2001-0712 · Published 30/10/2001 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2001-0712 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting internet explorer (microsoft).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 6.0%, higher than 93.3% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
internet explorer microsoft	`= 5.0= 5.0.1= 5.5`	No fix yet

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.

References

securityfocus.com/archive/1/200109 · Patch
securityfocus.com/archive/1/200291 · Patch
securityfocus.com/bid/3116 · Exploit

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