CVE-2004-1316 Memory corruption in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published 31 Dec 2004 Updated 8 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can crash the Mozilla browser via a malformed NNTP URL, requiring user interaction to trigger the heap-based buffer overflow.

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-2004-1316?

CVE-2004-1316 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Mozilla Mozilla, published on 31 Dec 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

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.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-1316?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mozilla Mozilla.

How do I fix CVE-2004-1316?

No fix has been published for CVE-2004-1316 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-2004-1316 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-1316 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-9c99-v6fv-f744.