CVE-2000-0655

Netscape Communicator 4.x - JPEG-Comment Heap Overwrite

Severity Score

5.0

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 5.0

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2000-07-25 CVE Published
2000-07-25 First Exploit
2000-08-02 CVE Reserved
2024-02-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-08 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (10)

URL	Tag	Source
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0456.html	Mailing List
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0116.html	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1503	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20098	2000-07-25
http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?content=/templates/archive.pike%3Flist%3D1%26msg%3D200007242356.DAA01274%40false.com	2024-08-08

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:39.netscape.asc	2008-09-10
ftp://ftp.NetBSD.ORG/pub/NetBSD/misc/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2000-011.txt.asc	2008-09-10
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_announce_60.html	2008-09-10
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-046.html	2008-09-10
http://www.turbolinux.com/pipermail/tl-security-announce/2000-August/000016.html	2008-09-10

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Mozilla"				m15 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Mozilla" and version "m15"		-		Affected
Netscape Search vendor "Netscape"		Communicator Search vendor "Netscape" for product "Communicator"				4.0 Search vendor "Netscape" for product "Communicator" and version "4.0"		-		Affected
Netscape Search vendor "Netscape"		Communicator Search vendor "Netscape" for product "Communicator"				4.05 Search vendor "Netscape" for product "Communicator" and version "4.05"		-		Affected
Netscape Search vendor "Netscape"		Communicator Search vendor "Netscape" for product "Communicator"				4.5 Search vendor "Netscape" for product "Communicator" and version "4.5"		-		Affected
Netscape Search vendor "Netscape"		Communicator Search vendor "Netscape" for product "Communicator"				4.5_beta Search vendor "Netscape" for product "Communicator" and version "4.5_beta"		-		Affected
Netscape Search vendor "Netscape"		Communicator Search vendor "Netscape" for product "Communicator"				4.06 Search vendor "Netscape" for product "Communicator" and version "4.06"		-		Affected
Netscape Search vendor "Netscape"		Communicator Search vendor "Netscape" for product "Communicator"				4.6 Search vendor "Netscape" for product "Communicator" and version "4.6"		-		Affected
Netscape Search vendor "Netscape"		Communicator Search vendor "Netscape" for product "Communicator"				4.07 Search vendor "Netscape" for product "Communicator" and version "4.07"		-		Affected
Netscape Search vendor "Netscape"		Communicator Search vendor "Netscape" for product "Communicator"				4.7 Search vendor "Netscape" for product "Communicator" and version "4.7"		-		Affected
Netscape Search vendor "Netscape"		Communicator Search vendor "Netscape" for product "Communicator"				4.08 Search vendor "Netscape" for product "Communicator" and version "4.08"		-		Affected
Netscape Search vendor "Netscape"		Communicator Search vendor "Netscape" for product "Communicator"				4.51 Search vendor "Netscape" for product "Communicator" and version "4.51"		-		Affected
Netscape Search vendor "Netscape"		Communicator Search vendor "Netscape" for product "Communicator"				4.61 Search vendor "Netscape" for product "Communicator" and version "4.61"		-		Affected
Netscape Search vendor "Netscape"		Communicator Search vendor "Netscape" for product "Communicator"				4.72 Search vendor "Netscape" for product "Communicator" and version "4.72"		-		Affected
Netscape Search vendor "Netscape"		Communicator Search vendor "Netscape" for product "Communicator"				4.73 Search vendor "Netscape" for product "Communicator" and version "4.73"		-		Affected