FKIE_CVE-2002-2248

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2002-12-31 05:00 - Updated: 2025-04-03 01:03
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103834439321292&w=2
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6256
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10706
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103834439321292&w=2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6256
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10706
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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
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