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CVE-2002-2061
Heap-based buffer overflow in Netscape 6.2.3 and Mozilla 1.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to crash client browsers and execute…
High7.5EPSS 3.5%
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Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in Netscape 6.2.3 and Mozilla 1.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to crash client browsers and execute arbitrary code via a PNG image with large width and height values and an 8-bit or 16-bit alpha channel.
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)
- 3.5% · top 11% 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 (4)
- http://www.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla1.0.1/security-fixes-1.0.1.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- MDKSA-2002:074 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=157202 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- links-png-image-bo(9287) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .