CVE-2004-1316

security flaw

Published Dec 31, 2004 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 3.4% KEV · Not listed
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in MSG_UnEscapeSearchUrl in nsNNTPProtocol.cpp for Mozilla 1.7.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an NNTP URL (news:) with a trailing '\' (backslash) character, which prevents a string from being NULL terminated.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2004-1313 Heap-based buffer overflow in MSG_UnEscapeSearchUrl in nsNNTPProtocol.cpp for Mozilla 1.7.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an NNTP URL (news:) with a trailing '\' (backslash) character, which prevents a string from being NULL terminated.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 8, 2024, 12:46 AM
Reserved
Dec 30, 2004, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 29, 2004, 5:00 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:07 PM
Severity
Low
Public date
Dec 29, 2004, 12:00 AM