Exploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2001-1489.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit leverages a denial-of-service vulnerability in multiple web browsers on Microsoft Windows by generating an excessive number of image tags via JavaScript, causing resource exhaustion. The script dynamically writes 100 million image tags, overwhelming the browser's ability to process them.
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.
Exploits (1)
This exploit leverages a denial-of-service vulnerability in multiple web browsers on Microsoft Windows by generating an excessive number of image tags via JavaScript, causing resource exhaustion. The script dynamically writes 100 million image tags, overwhelming the browser's ability to process them.