CVE-2002-2061

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: none known
Published: 2002-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Netscape 6.2.3 and Mozilla 1.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to crash client browsers and execute arbitrary code via a PNG image with large width and height values and an 8-bit or 16-bit alpha channel.

Affected products

Mozilla: through 1.0
Netscape Navigator: 6.2.3

References

http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=157202
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9287.php
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:074
http://www.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla1.0.1/security-fixes-1.0.1.html
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=157202
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9287.php
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:074
http://www.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla1.0.1/security-fixes-1.0.1.html

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