CVE Catalog

CVE-2002-0593

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

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.

Risk Assessment

Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to remotely crash the application, potentially leading to service downtime and system compromise.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update to the latest version of the browser to mitigate this vulnerability and to monitor systems for unauthorized activities.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS