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CVE-2002-1308
Heap-based buffer overflow in Netscape and Mozilla allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a jar: URL that references a…
High7.5EPSS 3.7%
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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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.7% · top 10% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (6)
- 20021114 Netscape/Mozilla: Exploitable heap corruption via jar: URI handler. (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- mozilla-netscape-jar-bo(10636) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 6185 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=157646 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- RHSA-2003:163 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2003:162 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
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Record last updated .