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CVE-2002-1308

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-1308 describes a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Netscape and Mozilla browsers. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by enticing a user to open a specially crafted jar: URL referencing a malformed .jar file, which triggers a buffer overflow during decompression. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered high severity, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code or significant community discussion has been identified for this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.9.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:0.9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:0.9.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:0.9.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.66%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0366 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (8)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 8.0
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2002-1308Important

security flaw

Nov 14, 2002

References

bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
marc.info
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/10636
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2003-162.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2003-163.html
securityfocus.com / bid/6185