A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Avant Force Browser 8.2. This affects an unknown code of the component URL Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in Avant Browser 8.02 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long URL in an HTTP request.

The weakness was shared 12/31/2003 (Website). The advisory is shared at marc.info. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2003-1321 since 03/19/2007. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (12974).

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