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CVE-1999-0440

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 1999-03-01 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The byte code verifier component of the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) allows remote execution through malicious web pages.

Affected products

• Netscape Communicator: 4.5
• Netscape Navigator: 4.0, 4.01, 4.02, 4.03, 4.04, 4.05 (+5)
• Sun Java: all versions

References

• http://java.sun.com/pr/1999/03/pr990329-01.html
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=92333596624452&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1939
• http://java.sun.com/pr/1999/03/pr990329-01.html
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=92333596624452&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1939

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