CVE-2002-1766 EXPLOIT
4.6
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 1% (pctl 62)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Buffer overflow in Composer in Netscape 4.77 allows local users to overwrite process memory and execute arbitrary code via a font tag with a long face attribute.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.6 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 1.01% — more likely to be exploited than 62% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2002-12-31 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| netscape | communicator |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Netscape 4.77 - Composer Font Face Field Buffer Overflow | 2002-06-13 |
References
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