Heap-based buffer overflow in MSG_UnEscapeSearchUrl in nsNNTPProtocol.cpp for Mozilla 1.7.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an NNTP URL (news:) with a trailing '\' (backslash) character, which prevents a string from being NULL terminated.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2004-12-31T05:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:46:12.364Z

Reserved: 2004-12-30T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2004-1316

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2004-12-29T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2018-05-03T01:29:27.193

Link: CVE-2004-1316

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2004-12-29T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2004-1316 - Bugzilla