Buffer overflow in Netscape Communicator via EMBED tags in the pluginspage option.

published 1999-09-02 27 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-1999-0667

cvss: 5.1; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.6%; EPSS 1.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 75%
public exploits: 1; Exploit-DB

Timeline

1999-09-02 First public exploit (EDB-19486)
1999-09-02 Published

Exploit prediction

1.59% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

EDB-19486 Netscape Communicator 4.06/4.5/4.6/4.51/4.61 - EMBED Buffer Overflow remote, 1999-09-02

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	5.1	AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

securityfocus.com /bid/618
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-1999-0685
NVD CVE-1999-0685

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Summary