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    CVE-1999-1189

    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.

    Published:Nov 24, 1999
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:Sep 1, 2004
    EPSS Score:0.02353
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Netscape
    Product
    Communicator
    Vendor
    Netscape
    Product
    Navigator

    Exploits

    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/36306http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/822http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/36306http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/822

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High