Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in MSG_UnEscapeSearchUrl in nsNNTPProtocol.cpp for Mozilla 1.7.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an NNTP URL (news:) with a trailing '\' (backslash) character, which prevents a string from being NULL terminated.
Published: 2004-12-31
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: 4.8% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2004-1313 Heap-based buffer overflow in MSG_UnEscapeSearchUrl in nsNNTPProtocol.cpp for Mozilla 1.7.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an NNTP URL (news:) with a trailing '\' (backslash) character, which prevents a string from being NULL terminated.
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Mozilla Mozilla
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:46:12.364Z

Reserved: 2004-12-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-1316

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Status : Modified

Published: 2004-12-29T05:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2004-1316

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2004-12-29T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2004-1316 - Bugzilla

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