CVE-2002-0593

critical

Description

Buffer overflow in Netscape 6 and Mozilla 1.0 RC1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long channel name in an IRC URI.

References

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8976.php

http://secunia.com/advisories/8039

http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/270249

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000490

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2002-06-18

Updated: 2008-09-05

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical