CVE-2002-1308 — security flaw

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HIGH

security flaw

Published Sep 1, 2004

7.5

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 3.66%

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Netscape and Mozilla allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a jar: URL that references a malformed .jar file, which overflows a buffer during decompression.

Affected products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1

n/a

Fixed · RHSA-2003:163
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1

n/a

Fixed · RHSA-2003:163
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1

n/a

Fixed · RHSA-2003:163
Red Hat Linux 7.1

n/a

Fixed · RHSA-2003:162
Red Hat Linux 7.2

n/a

Fixed · RHSA-2003:162
Red Hat Linux 7.3

n/a

Fixed · RHSA-2003:162
Red Hat Linux 8.0

n/a

Fixed · RHSA-2003:162
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1

n/a

Fixed · RHSA-2003:163

Product	Package	State	Advisory
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1	n/a	Fixed	RHSA-2003:163
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1	n/a	Fixed	RHSA-2003:163
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1	n/a	Fixed	RHSA-2003:163
Red Hat Linux 7.1	n/a	Fixed	RHSA-2003:162
Red Hat Linux 7.2	n/a	Fixed	RHSA-2003:162
Red Hat Linux 7.3	n/a	Fixed	RHSA-2003:162
Red Hat Linux 8.0	n/a	Fixed	RHSA-2003:162
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1	n/a	Fixed	RHSA-2003:163

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

3.66% 0.03663

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.03663

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (12 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	3.66% (0.03663)	89.28th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	3.66% (0.03663)	88.16th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 30, 2025	5.42% (0.05421)	89.18th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 29, 2025	4.15% (0.04155)	80.78th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	5.42% (0.05421)	89.44th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	8.82% (0.08824)	94.82th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 9, 2024	8.82% (0.08824)	94.38th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Aug 9, 2023	20.02% (0.20022)	95.67th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	27.67% (0.27669)	96.06th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	7.78% (0.07777)	93.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	7.78% (0.07777)	92.60th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	7.78% (0.07777)	81.54th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (10)

http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=157646
x_refsource_MISC
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103730181813075&w=2
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-162.html
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-163.html
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6185
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2002-1308
Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1616870
Issue Tracking
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10636
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-1308
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2002-1308

Link	Providers	Tags
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=157646		x_refsource_MISC
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103730181813075&w=2		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-162.html		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-163.html		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6185		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2002-1308		Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1616870		Issue Tracking
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10636		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-1308
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2002-1308