Vulnerabilities > CVE-2002-1766 - Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Netscape Communicator 4.77

047910
CVSS 4.6 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL
local
low complexity
netscape
exploit available

Summary

Buffer overflow in Composer in Netscape 4.77 allows local users to overwrite process memory and execute arbitrary code via a font tag with a long face attribute.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Netscape
1

Exploit-Db

descriptionNetscape 4.77 Composer Font Face Field Buffer Overflow Vulnerability. CVE-2002-1766. Dos exploits for multiple platform
idEDB-ID:21544
last seen2016-02-02
modified2002-06-13
published2002-06-13
reporterS[h]iff
sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/21544/
titleNetscape 4.77 Composer Font Face Field Buffer Overflow Vulnerability