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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 prevents a string from being NULL terminated.

Published

2004-12-29T05:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    NVD-CWE-Other
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application mozilla mozilla * Yes
Application mozilla mozilla 1.3 Yes
Application mozilla mozilla 1.4 Yes
Application mozilla mozilla 1.4 Yes
Application mozilla mozilla 1.4.1 Yes
Application mozilla mozilla 1.5 Yes
Application mozilla mozilla 1.5 Yes
Application mozilla mozilla 1.5 Yes
Application mozilla mozilla 1.5 Yes
Application mozilla mozilla 1.5.1 Yes
Application mozilla mozilla 1.6 Yes
Application mozilla mozilla 1.6 Yes
Application mozilla mozilla 1.6 Yes
Application mozilla mozilla 1.7 Yes
Application mozilla mozilla 1.7 Yes
Application mozilla mozilla 1.7 Yes
Application mozilla mozilla 1.7 Yes
Application mozilla mozilla 1.7 Yes
Application mozilla mozilla 1.7 Yes
Application mozilla mozilla 1.7.1 Yes
Application mozilla mozilla 1.7.2 Yes
Application mozilla mozilla 1.7.3 Yes
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