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 denial of service (application crash) via an NNTP URL (news:) with a trailing ” (backslash) character, which prevents a string from being NULL terminated.

Date published : 2004-12-31

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12131

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110436284718949&w=2