VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2002-2248
CVSS score10 HIGH
EPSS probability5.79%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2002-12-31
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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.
Weakness classification
- CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer