VULHUB ™

Netscape Communicator is susceptible to a buffer overflow when viewing a HTML document with an INPUT tag containing the argument 'type=password' consisting of over 16 KB. For example, the following code embedded in a HTML document will cause the browser to crash (the 'O' in FORM has been replaced with a zero): <F0RM action=something method=something> <INPUT type=password value=16_KB_character_string> </F0RM> Depending on the data entered, arbitrary code execution may be made possible but this has not been verified. Only the 'password' type is vulnerable to this exploit. A restart of the application is required in order to regain normal functionality.

Netscape Communicator is susceptible to a buffer overflow when viewing a HTML document with an INPUT tag containing the argument 'type=password' consisting of over 16 KB. For example, the following code embedded in a HTML document will cause the browser to crash (the 'O' in FORM has been replaced with a zero): <F0RM action=something method=something> <INPUT type=password value=16_KB_character_string> </F0RM> Depending on the data entered, arbitrary code execution may be made possible but this has not been verified. Only the 'password' type is vulnerable to this exploit. A restart of the application is required in order to regain normal functionality.