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CVE-2004-1316
Published: Dec 31, 2004
Modified: Aug 8, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-06.html
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19823
third-party-advisory
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HPSBTU01114
vendor-advisory
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12131
vdb-entry
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20041229 Heap overflow in Mozilla Browser <= 1.7.3 NNTP code.
mailing-list
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mozilla-nntp-bo(18711)
vdb-entry
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oval:org.mitre.oval:def:100052
vdb-entry
signature
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http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0020-mozilla.txt
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SUSE-SA:2006:022
vendor-advisory
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oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9808
vdb-entry
signature
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RHSA-2005:038
vendor-advisory
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