CVE-1999-0685

Medium

Published: 02/09/1999(UTC)Updated: 16/06/2026(UTC)Translated: 18/06/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk

1.59%

73th percentile - higher than 73% of all known CVEs

Buffer overflow in Netscape Communicator occurs via EMBED tags in the pluginspage option.

An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute malicious code, potentially leading to control over the user's system.

It is recommended to update Netscape Communicator to the latest version to mitigate the risk associated with this vulnerability.

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in Netscape Communicator via EMBED tags in the pluginspage option.