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NVD Vulnerability Details :

CVE-2002-1766

Modified

Source-cve@mitre.org

Published At-31 Dec, 2002 | 05:00

Updated At-16 Apr, 2026 | 00:27

Buffer overflow in Composer in Netscape 4.77 allows local users to overwrite process memory and execute arbitrary code via a font tag with a long face attribute.

Date Added	Due Date	Vulnerability Name	Required Action
	N/A

Metrics

Type	Version	Base score	Base severity	Vector
Primary	2.0	4.6	MEDIUM	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Type: Primary

Version: 2.0

Base score: 4.6

Base severity: MEDIUM

Vector:

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CPE Matches

Netscape (Yahoo Inc.)

>>communicator>>4.77

cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.77:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Weaknesses

CWE ID	Type	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Primary	nvd@nist.gov

CWE ID: NVD-CWE-Other

Type: Primary

Source: nvd@nist.gov

References

Hyperlink	Source	Resource
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/276876	cve@mitre.org	N/A
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5010	cve@mitre.org	Exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/9355	cve@mitre.org	N/A
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/276876	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	N/A
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5010	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/9355	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	N/A