CVE-2002-1308 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2002-1308

Heap-based buffer overflow in Netscape and Mozilla allows remote attackers...

Vulnerability Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Netscape and Mozilla allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a jar: URL that references a malformed .jar file, which overflows a buffer during decompression.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

mozilla, navigator
Vulnerable Versions:
0.9.6, 0.9.7, 0.9.8, 0.9.9, 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.1, 6.2, 6.2.1, 6.2.2, 6.2.3, 7.0

Timeline

Official Publish: September 1st, 2004
Last Modified: August 8th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.