# CVE-2004-1316: Memory corruption in n/a

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

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 31 Dec 2004
- **Updated:** 8 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9c99-v6fv-f744

## 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: 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.

## 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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- [CVE-2004-0722](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-0722/): Integer overflow in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2007-4039](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-4039/): Command injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2003-0791](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-0791/): Deserialization in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2005-3896](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-3896/): Denial of service in n/a (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2004-1316 and fix it if it is affected.

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

Affected product: Mozilla Mozilla. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-1316/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-1316/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2004-1316
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-1316
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2004-1316

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