# CVE-2000-0655: Netscape Communicator 4.73 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary commands via a JPEG image c

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2000-10-13 · Updated: 2024-08-08

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Netscape Communicator 4.73 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary commands via a JPEG image containing a comment with an illegal field length of 1.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-046.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1503
- http://www.turbolinux.com/pipermail/tl-security-announce/2000-August/000016.html
- ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:39.netscape.asc
- http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?content=/templates/archive.pike%3Flist%3D1%26msg%3D200007242356.DAA01274%40false.com
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_announce_60.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0456.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0116.html
- ftp://ftp.NetBSD.ORG/pub/NetBSD/misc/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2000-011.txt.asc
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20098

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