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CVE-1999-0142

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 1996-03-01 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The Java Applet Security Manager implementation in Netscape Navigator 2.0 and Java Developer's Kit 1.0 allows an applet to connect to arbitrary hosts.

Affected products

• Netscape Navigator: all versions
• Sun Java: all versions

References

• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0142
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0142

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