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CVE-2002-0593

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2002-06-18 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in Netscape 6 and Mozilla 1.0 RC1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long channel name in an IRC URI.

Affected products

• Mozilla: 0.9.9, 1.0-rc1
• Netscape Communicator: 6.1
• Netscape Navigator: 6.0, 6.01

References

• http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000490
• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/270249
• http://secunia.com/advisories/8039
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8976.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4637
• http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000490
• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/270249
• http://secunia.com/advisories/8039
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8976.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4637

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