CVE-2002-1091

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Summary

CVECVE-2002-1091
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2002-10-04 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionNetscape 6.2.3 and earlier, and Mozilla 1.0.1, allow remote attackers to corrupt heap memory and execute arbitrary code via a GIF image with a zero width.

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 0.9.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 0.9.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 0.9.7 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 0.9.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 0.9.9 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.0 All All All
Application Netscape Navigator 6.2 All All All
Application Netscape Navigator 6.2.1 All All All
Application Netscape Navigator 6.2.2 All All All
Application Netscape Navigator 6.2.3 All All All
Application Opera Software Opera Web Browser 5.12 All All All
Application Opera Software Opera Web Browser 6.0 All All All
Application Opera Software Opera Web Browser 6.0.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
ISS X-Force Database: netscape-zero-gif-bo (10058): Netscape zero width GIF heap buffer overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.iss.net Vendor Advisory
157989 – Possible heap corruption with 0-width GIF af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Mandrakesoft Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandrakesoft.com
'zero-width gif: exploit PoC for NS6.2.3 (fixed in 7.0) [Was: GIFs' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Multiple Browser Zero Width GIF Image Memory Corruption Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
zero width gif - example exploit - rh 7.0 (with no patches) + ns6.2.3 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 crash.ihug.co.nz
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