CVE-2001-1219 — Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 and earlier allows malicious website operators to cause a denial of service (client crash) via JavaScript that continually refreshes the window via self.location

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Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 and earlier allows malicious website operators to cause a denial of service (client crash) via JavaScript that continually refreshes the window via self.location

Published Mar 15, 2002

5.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 6.04%

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 and earlier allows malicious website operators to cause a denial of service (client crash) via JavaScript that continually refreshes the window via self.location.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

6.04% 0.06040

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.06040

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 2, 2026	6.04% (0.06040)	93.15th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	5.60% (0.05596)	91.88th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	5.84% (0.05840)	89.86th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.18% (0.00184)	56.98th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 13, 2024	0.18% (0.00184)	54.56th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jul 24, 2023	0.17% (0.00168)	52.70th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.15% (0.00149)	49.09th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	3.88% (0.03884)	85.64th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	3.88% (0.03884)	84.17th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	3.88% (0.03884)	67.42th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (2)

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/246649
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3730
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/246649		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3730		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Mar 15, 2002

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Mar 15, 2002

Link CVE-2001-1219

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2001-1219

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2001-1219