CVE-2001-0596
Netscape Communicator before 4.77 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Javascript via a GIF image whose comment contains the…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 8.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.8% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Netscape Communicator before 4.77 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Javascript via a GIF image whose comment contains the Javascript.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Netscape Navigator 4.0.8 - 'about:' Domain Information Disclosure (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 20791remote, unixpublished 9 Apr 2001Verified
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Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 8 months later
· 8 months later
Published
- 22 years later
· 22 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 8.7% · top 4.8% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
8
- CLA-2001:393 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVAx_transferred
- RHSA-2001:046 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 20010409 Netscape 4.76 gif comment flaw (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 2637 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 5579 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- netscape-javascript-access-data(6344) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- IMNX-2001-70-014-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_IMMUNIXx_transferred
- DSA-051 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2001-0587 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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