CVE-1999-0440 (GCVE-0-1999-0440)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2000-10-13 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-01 16:41
VLAI?
Summary
The byte code verifier component of the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) allows remote execution through malicious web pages.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
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