Buffer overflow in Netscape Navigator/Communicator 4.7 for Windows 95 and Windows 98 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, and possibly execute arbitrary commands, via a long argument after the ? character in a URL that references an .asp, .cgi, .html, or .pl file.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-1999-1170 Buffer overflow in Netscape Navigator/Communicator 4.7 for Windows 95 and Windows 98 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, and possibly execute arbitrary commands, via a long argument after the ? character in a URL that references an .asp, .cgi, .html, or .pl file.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:02:53.765Z

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00

Link: CVE-1999-1189

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 1999-11-24T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-1999-1189

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