Netscape 6/7 - Critical Vulnerability in handling GIF files
Posted
Saturday, April 30, 2005 9:04 PM
by
hwaldron
A new vulnerability was discovered in Netscape this week. Netscape incorrectly handles GIF files, that could lead to a buffer overflow which is remotely exploitable through a specially generated GIF file.
http://secunia.com/advisories/15103/
Secunia Advisory: SA15103
Release Date: 2005-04-26
Critical: Highly critical
Impact: System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Unpatched
Software: Netscape 6.x Netscape 7.x