Vulnerability Report

CVE-1999-0685

Title: Netscape Communicator EMBED pluginspage buffer overflow

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-1999-0685

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo
Published Date Sep 02, 1999
Modified Date Apr 16, 2026
Exploit Status Available
Score 5.1 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
5.76%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-1999-0685: Buffer overflow in Netscape Communicator via EMBED tags in the pluginspage option.

CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.1
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-1999-0685 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19486
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MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.