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$ cve CVE-2000-0655 JSON

CVE-2000-0655 EXPLOIT

5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 12.7% (pctl 96)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

Netscape Communicator 4.73 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary commands via a JPEG image containing a comment with an illegal field length of 1.

Scoring

CVSS5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0)
VectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS12.72% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs
On CISA KEVno
Public exploityes
Published2000-07-25
Last modified2026-06-16

Affected (2)

VendorProduct
mozillamozilla
netscapecommunicator

Public exploits

SourceTitleDate
exploit-dbNetscape Communicator 4.x - JPEG-Comment Heap Overwrite2000-07-25

References

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