Vulnerability in Netscape Communicator
CVE-1999-1189
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 · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.025 (84.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 84th percentile — 84.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.025 · newest: 0.025 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Netscape Communicator — versions 4.7
- Netscape Navigator — versions 4.7
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/822 (Exploit, Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7884 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/36608 (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/36306 (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, Exploit)