CVE-2004-1316

Public Exploit

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.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 5.16% Top 15%

Vendor Advisory marc.info Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory isec.pl Vendor Advisory mozilla.org

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-06.html	patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19823	third party advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110780717916478&w=2	vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12131	vdb entry
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110436284718949&w=2	mailing list
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18711	vdb entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100052	vdb entry signature
http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0020-mozilla.txt	exploit vendor advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.html	vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9808	vdb entry signature
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-038.html	vendor advisory exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2004-1316?: CVE-2004-1316 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2004-1316?: To fix CVE-2004-1316, 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-2004-1316 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2004-1316 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~5% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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