CVE-2001-0596

Exp

Netscape Communicator before 4.77 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Javascript via a GIF image whose comment contains the Javascript.

Published: 2001-08-02 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2001-0596 is rated High Exploit Risk (75.1/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 18.43%, 95th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2001-0596

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
20791 exploit_db edb 2001-04-09 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2001-0596

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 21.45% 18.43% -3.02%
2 2025-03-29 18.43% 21.45% +3.02%
3 2025-03-17 — 18.43% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2001-0596

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2001-0596

OS Trackers for CVE-2001-0596

vendor priority summary link
redhat — — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2001-0596

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2001-0596

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
netscape communicator <= 4.77 cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2001-0596

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