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CVE-2002-1766

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2002-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

• Netscape Communicator: 4.77

References

• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/276876
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5010
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/9355
• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/276876
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5010
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/9355

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