Bugtraq: Re: JPEG COM Marker Processing Vulnerability in Netscape Browsers

[Solar Designer <solar () FALSE COM>]

> I have found that Netscape 4.74 is vulnerable, if you choose
> "View Page Source" in the right-click-menu....
>
> (Only tested on FreeBSD4.0)
We've exchanged a few e-mails with Isak regarding this, and the
conclusion is that Netscape 4.74 is indeed NOT vulnerable, including
on FreeBSD:

> > > Well, my guess is that it crashes due to some other error (related to
> > > the GUI) in this case.  The JPEG file isn't even interpreted when you
> > > view it as "source"; what you get is a very long line of text.
That "View Page Source" crash should be investigated, as it's a bug
(not necessarily in Netscape itself) and can theoretically turn out
to be another vulnerability, -- but I can't reproduce it.

Signed,
Solar Designer