CVE-1999-1189 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Buffer overflow in Netscape Navigator/Communicator 4.7 for Windows 95 and Windows 98 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, and possibly execute arbitrary commands, via a long argument after the ? character in a URL that references an .asp, .cgi, .html, or .pl file.

Published: 2004-09-01

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 2.4% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.7:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:netscape:navigator:4.7:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-1999-1170	Buffer overflow in Netscape Navigator/Communicator 4.7 for Windows 95 and Windows 98 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, and possibly execute arbitrary commands, via a long argument after the ? character in a URL that references an .asp, .cgi, .html, or .pl file.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02353.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/36306
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/36608
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/822
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7884

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Netscape Communicator Navigator

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2004-09-01T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:02:53.765Z

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-1999-1189

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 1999-11-24T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-1999-1189

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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