CVE-1999-1189 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service or execute arbitrary code via a buffer overflow in Netscape Navigator when processing long URL arguments.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-1999-1189?
CVE-1999-1189 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 1 Sep 2004. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-1999-1189?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Netscape Communicator, Netscape Navigator.
How do I fix CVE-1999-1189?
No fix has been published for CVE-1999-1189 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-1999-1189 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-1999-1189 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
- CVE-2002-2248 Buffer overflow in the sun.awt.windows.WDefaultFontCharset Java class implementation in Netscape 4.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbi
- CVE-2001-0596 Cross-site scripting in n/a
- CVE-1999-1357 Cross-site scripting in n/a
- CVE-2000-1187 Memory corruption in n/a
- CVE-1999-0440 Code injection in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-f9rc-g2vv-h5f9.