CVE-2001-0596

highpriority · track · 43EPSS 0.087 · 95 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · functional

Likely / severe?

8.69% (95th) EPSS

CVSS 7.5 · high

Is it mine?

2 products

Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

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

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.8–7.5

v2.07.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 6.4

v2.06.8mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POCsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-79USLLM-inferredCWE-94USLLM-inferred

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

Which sources assert this record, and when.

published 2001-08-02modified 2026-06-16

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

scry

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