PT-2002-2251 · Netscape+1 · Netscape+1

Published 2002-11-29 · Updated 2017-10-10 · CVE-2002-1308

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Netscape and Mozilla (affected versions not specified)

Description: The issue is related to a heap-based buffer overflow that can be triggered by a remote attacker. This occurs when a jar: URL references a malformed .jar file, causing a buffer overflow during the decompression process. This can lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2002-1308

Affected Products

Mozilla Firefox

Netscape

References · 7

• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-163.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-1308 · Security Note
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-162.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10636 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/6185 · Note
• http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=157646 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103730181813075&w=2 · Note