CVE-2002-0593 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in Netscape 6 and Mozilla 1.0 RC1 and earlier versions, affecting various Mozilla and Netscape products. This flaw allows a remote attacker to trigger a denial of service (crash) and potentially execute arbitrary code by supplying an excessively long channel name within an IRC URI. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it is considered a high-severity vulnerability, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity. Despite its age and potential impact, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.9.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:0.9.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:netscape:navigator:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.01CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:netscape:navigator:6.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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