CVE-2002-0593

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Summary

CVECVE-2002-0593
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2002-06-18 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflow in Netscape 6 and Mozilla 1.0 RC1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long channel name in an IRC URI.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mozilla Mozilla 0.9.9 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.0 rc1 All All
Application Netscape Communicator 6.1 All All All
Application Netscape Navigator 6.0 All All All
Application Netscape Navigator 6.01 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Home - Conectiva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 distro.conectiva.com.br
online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/270249 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 online.securityfocus.com Vendor Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - RedHat updates for Mozilla af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Netscape/Mozilla IRC Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
ISS X-Force Database: mozilla-netscape-irc-bo (8976): Mozilla and Netscape IRC:// channel request buffer overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.iss.net
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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