CVE-2000-0655

Public Exploit

Description

Netscape Communicator 4.73 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary commands via a JPEG image containing a comment with an illegal field length of 1.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 15.25% Top 10%

Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory turbolinux.com Vendor Advisory FreeBSD.org Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory NetBSD.ORG Vendor Advisory securityfocus.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-046.html	vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1503	vdb entry
http://www.turbolinux.com/pipermail/tl-security-announce/2000-August/000016.html	vendor advisory
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:39.netscape.asc	vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?content=/templates/archive.pike%3Flist%3D1%26msg%3D200007242356.DAA01274%40false.com	mailing list exploit patch vendor advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_announce_60.html	vendor advisory
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0456.html	mailing list
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0116.html	mailing list
ftp://ftp.NetBSD.ORG/pub/NetBSD/misc/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2000-011.txt.asc	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2000-0655?: CVE-2000-0655 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2000-0655?: To fix CVE-2000-0655, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2000-0655 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2000-0655 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~15% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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