CVEvulnerability

CVE-2002-2248

10.0 HIGH Published 2002-12-31 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2002-12-31
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
10.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in the sun.awt.windows.WDefaultFontCharset Java class implementation in Netscape 4.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an applet that calls the WDefaultFontCharset constructor with a long string and invokes the canConvert method.

Affected configurations

• netscape communicator 4.0 • netscape communicator 4.5 • netscape communicator 4.6 • netscape communicator 4.7 • netscape communicator 4.51 • netscape communicator 4.61 • netscape communicator 4.72 • netscape communicator 4.73 • netscape communicator 4.74 • netscape communicator 4.75 • netscape communicator 4.76 • netscape communicator 4.77 • netscape communicator 4.78 • netscape communicator 4.79

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness

References