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CVE-2003-0553

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2003-08-18 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in the Client Detection Tool (CDT) plugin (npcdt.dll) for Netscape 7.02 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an attachment with a long filename.

Affected products

• Netscape Navigator: 7.0.2

References

• http://jimmers.russia.webmatrixhosting.net/whitepapers/CDTbug.pdf
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105820193406838&w=2
• http://jimmers.russia.webmatrixhosting.net/whitepapers/CDTbug.pdf
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105820193406838&w=2

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