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Fencer Vulns
low 2.6

CVE-2001-1450 json

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 through 6.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (browser crash) via a crafted FTP URL such as "/.…

published 2001-05-11 25 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2001-1430

cvss
2.6
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
7.0%
EPSS 7.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 through 6.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (browser crash) via a crafted FTP URL such as "/.#./".

Exploit prediction

6.97% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • cert.uni-stuttgart.de http://cert.uni-stuttgart.de/archive/vuln-dev/2001/05/msg00029.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 2.6 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.