# CVE-2004-1316: Heap-based buffer overflow in MSG\_UnEscapeSearchUrl in nsNNTPProtocol.cpp for Mozilla 1.7.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a d

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2004-12-31 · Updated: 2024-08-08

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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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## References

- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-06.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19823
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110780717916478&w=2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12131
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110436284718949&w=2
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18711
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100052
- http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0020-mozilla.txt
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9808
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-038.html

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