CVE-2001-0596 (GCVE-0-2001-0596)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2002-03-09 05:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 04:30
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Netscape Communicator before 4.77 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Javascript via a GIF image whose comment contains the Javascript.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
8 references
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|---|---|
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| http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-046.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=98685237415117&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2637 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| http://www.osvdb.org/5579 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
| http://download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0/updates… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_IMMUNIX |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-051 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
Date Public
2001-04-09 00:00
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