CVE-1999-1226 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Netscape Communicator 4.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, and possibly execute arbitrary commands, via a long certificate key.

Published: 2002-03-09

Score: 2.6 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very 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

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-1999-1207	Netscape Communicator 4.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, and possibly execute arbitrary commands, via a long certificate key.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00505.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securiteam.com/exploits/Netscape_4_7_and_earlier_vulnerable_to__Huge_Key__DoS.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/3436

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Netscape Communicator

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-03-09T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:02:53.802Z

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

Link: CVE-1999-1226

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 1999-10-28T04:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-1999-1226

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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