CVE-2004-1316

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.

Score
CVSS 2.0 5.0 Medium
Status
Modified - cve@mitre.org
Published
2004-12-29
Last modified
2024-08-08

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