4.6med
CVE-2002-17661 exploit
Buffer overflow in Composer in Netscape 4.77 allows local users to overwrite process memory and execute arbitrary code via a font tag with…
Published 23 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
4.6
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.0%
percentile 63%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB
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.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
1.01% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 63% of all scored CVEs.
Exploits and detections
- EDB-21544 Netscape 4.77 - Composer Font Face Field Buffer Overflow · dos · 2002-06-13
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
References
- online.securityfocus.com /archive/1/276876 · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
- securityfocus.com /bid/5010 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/9355 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2002-1766
- NVD: CVE-2002-1766
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