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.
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| text | N/A | n/a |
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| Hyperlink | Resource |
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| http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-06.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/19823 | third-party-advisory x_refsource_SECUNIA |
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110780717916478&w=2 | vendor-advisory x_refsource_HP |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12131 | vdb-entry x_refsource_BID |
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110436284718949&w=2 | mailing-list x_refsource_BUGTRAQ |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18711 | vdb-entry x_refsource_XF |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100052 | vdb-entry signature x_refsource_OVAL |
| http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0020-mozilla.txt | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.html | vendor-advisory x_refsource_SUSE |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9808 | vdb-entry signature x_refsource_OVAL |
| http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-038.html | vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT |
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