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CVE-2002-1294

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 14.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2002-11-14 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The Microsoft Java implementation, as used in Internet Explorer, can provide HTML object references to applets via Javascript, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash due to illegal memory accesses) and possibly conduct other unauthorized activities via an applet that uses those references to access proprietary Microsoft methods.

Affected products

• Microsoft Java Virtual Machine: 1.1

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103682630823080&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=103684360031565&w=2
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10587.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6135
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103682630823080&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=103684360031565&w=2
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10587.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6135

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