CVE-2004-1316

N/A Unknown
Published: December 29, 2004 Modified: April 16, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0020-mozilla.txt
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110436284718949&w=2
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110780717916478&w=2
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/19823
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-06.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-038.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12131
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18711
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100052
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9808
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0020-mozilla.txt
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110436284718949&w=2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110780717916478&w=2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/19823
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-06.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-038.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12131
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18711
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100052
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9808
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

22 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
4.8%
90th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

mozilla