Upstream information
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.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Resolved
This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.
NVD | |
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Base Score | 5 |
Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
Access Vector | Network |
Access Complexity | Low |
Authentication | None |
Confidentiality Impact | None |
Integrity Impact | None |
Availability Impact | Partial |
SUSE Security Advisories:
- SUSE-SA:2006:022, published Tue, 25 Apr 2006 15:00:00 +0000
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 01:07:34 2013CVE page last modified: Mon Sep 9 16:18:33 2024