CVE-2002-1091

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2002-10-04 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Netscape 6.2.3 and earlier, and Mozilla 1.0.1, allow remote attackers to corrupt heap memory and execute arbitrary code via a GIF image with a zero width.

Affected products

Mozilla: 0.9.5, 0.9.6, 0.9.7, 0.9.8, 0.9.9, 1.0
Netscape Navigator: 6.2, 6.2.1, 6.2.2, 6.2.3
Opera Software Opera Web Browser: 5.12, 6.0, 6.0.1

References

http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=157989
http://crash.ihug.co.nz/~Sneuro/zerogif/
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103134051120770&w=2
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10058.php
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:075
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-192.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-046.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5665
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=157989
http://crash.ihug.co.nz/~Sneuro/zerogif/
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103134051120770&w=2
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10058.php

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