VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2004-1316
Heap-based buffer overflow in MSG_UnEscapeSearchUrl in nsNNTPProtocol.cpp for Mozilla 1.7.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an NNTP URL (news:) with a trailing '\' (backslash) character, which…
MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 3.45%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.45%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in MSG_UnEscapeSearchUrl in nsNNTPProtocol.cpp for Mozilla 1.7.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an NNTP URL (news:) with a trailing '\' (backslash) character, which prevents a string from being NULL terminated.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 3.45% probability · 88th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- mozilla/mozilla
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0020-mozilla.txtExploit, Vendor Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110436284718949&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110780717916478&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19823
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-06.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-038.htmlExploit, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12131
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18711
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100052
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9808
- http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0020-mozilla.txtExploit, Vendor Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110436284718949&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110780717916478&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19823
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-06.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-038.htmlExploit, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12131
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18711
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100052
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9808
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.