VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2000-1187
Buffer overflow in the HTML parser for Netscape 4.75 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long password value in a form field.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 2.63%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.63%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Buffer overflow in the HTML parser for Netscape 4.75 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long password value in a form field.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 2.63% probability · 85th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- netscape/communicator · netscape/navigator
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:66.netscape.ascPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000344
- http://lists.suse.com/archives/suse-security-announce/2000-Nov/0005.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97500270012529&w=2
- http://www.osvdb.org/7207
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-109.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5542
- ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:66.netscape.ascPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000344
- http://lists.suse.com/archives/suse-security-announce/2000-Nov/0005.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97500270012529&w=2
- http://www.osvdb.org/7207
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-109.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5542
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.