CVE-2001-1450: Microsoft Internet Explorer

Low severity, CVSS 2.6. EPSS: 7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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 "/.#./".

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer: version 5.0 only; version 5.0.1 only; version 5.5 only; version 6.0 only

Published 2001-05-11. Last modified 2026-06-16.