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.

CVSS v2.0 NVD

5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS

3.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 89th percentile

Published

2004-12-31

Updated

2024-08-08

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0020-mozilla.txt

Security advisories

• http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-06.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-038.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12131

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry