Description
Netscape Communicator 4.73 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary commands via a JPEG image containing a comment with an illegal field length of 1.
Exploits (1)
exploitdb
WRITEUP
VERIFIED
by Solar Designer · textdosmultiple
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20098
References (9)
Core 9
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-046.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1503
Various Sources vendor-advisory
x_refsource_turbo
http://www.turbolinux.com/pipermail/tl-security-announce/2000-August/000016.html
Various Sources vendor-advisory
x_refsource_freebsd
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:39.netscape.asc
Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?content=/templates/archive.pike%3Flist%3D1%26msg%3D200007242356.DAA01274%40false.com
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_announce_60.html
Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0456.html
Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0116.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_netbsd
ftp://ftp.NetBSD.ORG/pub/NetBSD/misc/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2000-011.txt.asc
Scores
EPSS
0.1525
EPSS Percentile
94.6%
Details
Status
published
Products (14)
mozilla/mozilla
m15
netscape/communicator
4.0
netscape/communicator
4.05
netscape/communicator
4.5
netscape/communicator
4.5_beta
netscape/communicator
4.06
netscape/communicator
4.6
netscape/communicator
4.07
netscape/communicator
4.7
netscape/communicator
4.08
... and 4 more
Published
Jul 25, 2000
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026