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TI-1999-00419 Aliases CVE-1999-0424GHSA-4h6r-cvjr-gp85

talkback in Netscape 4.5 allows a local user to overwrite arbitrary files of another user whose Netscape crashes.

Priority LOW 11Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · None · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

talkback in Netscape 4.5 allows a local user to overwrite arbitrary files of another user whose Netscape crashes.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00377 31st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.5VulnerableNetscape
  • cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.5 Vulnerable ·Netscape

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-1999-0424
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4h6r-cvjr-gp85

References

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  • TI-2000-00709 Netscape Communicator does not properly prevent a ServerSocket object from being created… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2002-02160 Buffer overflow in the sun.awt.windows.WDefaultFontCharset Java class implementation in… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2001-00581 Netscape Communicator before 4.77 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Javascript… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2000-00674 Netscape Communicator and Navigator 4.04 through 4.74 allows remote attackers to read… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
  • TI-1999-00528 A configuration in a web browser such as Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator allows… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2002-00577 Buffer overflow in Netscape 6 and Mozilla 1.0 RC1 and earlier allows remote attackers to… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
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Sources

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