CVE-2002-2248

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2002-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

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.

Affected products

Netscape Communicator: 4.0, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.51, 4.61 (+8)

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103834439321292&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6256
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10706
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103834439321292&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6256
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10706

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