CVE-2000-0655
Netscape Communicator 4.73 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or...
CVE-2000-0655 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Netscape Communicator, published July 25, 2000. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 12.7%, the 96th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
Netscape Communicator 4.73 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary commands via a JPEG image containing a comment with an illegal field length of 1.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
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Netscape Communicator 4.73 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary commands via a JPEG image containing a comment with an illegal field length of 1.
- Record
CVE-2000-0655- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Netscape Communicator 4.73 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary commands via a JPEG image containing a comment with an illegal field length of 1.
- Record
CVE-2000-0655- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2000-0651 No score
Netscape Communicator 4.73 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary commands via a JPEG image containing a comment with an illegal field length of 1.
- Record
EUVD-2000-0651- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5cwq-wmjx-47pq No score
Netscape Communicator 4.73 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or...
Netscape Communicator 4.73 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary commands via a JPEG image containing a comment with an illegal field length of 1.
- Record
GHSA-5cwq-wmjx-47pq- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Netscape Communicator 4.x - JPEG-Comment Heap Overwrite | 2000-07-25 |
History
| When | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-03 | aliases | EUVD |
| 2026-11-02 | created | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
References
redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-046.html
securityfocus.com/bid/1503
turbolinux.com/pipermail/tl-security-announce/2000-August/000016.html
novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_announce_60.html
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0456.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0655
github.com/advisories/GHSA-5cwq-wmjx-47pq