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CVE-2001-1539

Stack consumption vulnerability in Internet Explorer The JavaScript settimeout function in Internet Explorer allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via the JavaScript settimeout function. NOTE: the vendor could not reproduce the problem.

Published: Dec 31, 2001 Modified: Jun 16, 2026
CWE-119

CVSS Metrics

Affected Products (1)

Vendor Product Version
microsoft internet_explorer 6.0.2900

GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-f8c7-6vm5-4jrm

Stack consumption vulnerability in Internet Explorer The JavaScript settimeout function in...

Risk Scores

CVSS Score 5.0 / 10
EPSS Score 13.90%

Top 4% most likely to be exploited

Threat Score 24.2 / 100

Data Sources

NVD EPSS GitHub