CVE-2003-1419

Netscape Navigator 7.0 - Denial of Service via Invalid Regular Expression in reformatDate

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2003-1419. PoCs published by dwm.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability in Netscape 7 by using a malformed JavaScript regular expression in a date reformatting function. The PoC causes browser instability or crash when the form is submitted.

Description

Netscape 7.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a web page with an invalid regular expression argument to the JavaScript reformatDate function.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by dwm · htmldosunix
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/22287

This exploit demonstrates a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability in Netscape 7 by using a malformed JavaScript regular expression in a date reformatting function. The PoC causes browser instability or crash when the form is submitted.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Netscape 7
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Victim must visit a malicious webpage using Netscape 7
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Exploit mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-02/0338.html
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6959
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11444

Scores

EPSS 0.0215
EPSS Percentile 79.8%

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (1)
netscape/navigator 7.0
Published Dec 31, 2003
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026