CVE-2000-0655 describes a vulnerability in Netscape Communicator 4.73 and earlier, where a specially crafted JPEG image containing an illegal comment field length can lead to a denial of service or arbitrary code execution. This medium-severity vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity and no authentication, primarily impacting availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, an exploit for a heap overwrite related to JPEG comments exists on ExploitDB, and the CVE has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
m15CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:m15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.05CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.05:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.5_betaCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.5_beta:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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