CVE-2001-1218

LOW 2.1CVE-2001-1218 · Published 20/12/2001 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2001-1218 is a LOW (CVSS 2.1) vulnerability affecting ie (microsoft).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.5%, higher than 74.1% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
ie microsoft	`= 5.0`	No fix yet

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.

References

securityfocus.com/archive/1/246611 · Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com/bid/3729

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