CVE-2004-1316

Summary

CVECVE-2004-1316
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2004-12-29 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionHeap-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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

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

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mozilla Mozilla All All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.4 alpha All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.4.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.5 alpha All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.5 rc1 All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.5 rc2 All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.5.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.6 alpha All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.6 beta All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.7 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.7 alpha All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.7 beta All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.7 rc1 All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.7 rc2 All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.7 rc3 All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.7.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.7.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.7.3 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
SUSE update for MozillaThunderbird - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
'[Security Bulletin] HP Tru64 Unix Mozilla Application Suite 1.7.3 Remote Denial of Service (DoS)' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
MFSA 2005-06: Heap overrun handling malicious news: URL af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mozilla.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Exploit, Vendor Advisory
'Heap overflow in Mozilla Browser <= 1.7.3 NNTP code.' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Mozilla Browser Network News Transport Protocol Remote Heap Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0020-mozilla.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 isec.pl Exploit, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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