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CVE-2002-2281

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 10.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2002-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Symantec Java! JIT (Just-In-Time) Compiler for Netscape Communicator 4.0 through 4.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Java commands via an applet that uses a jump call, which is not correctly compiled by the JIT compiler.

Affected products

• Symantec Java: 4.0, 4.4, 4.5, 4.06, 4.6, 4.07 (+12)

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103798147613151&w=2
• http://www.lsd-pl.net/documents/javasecurity-1.0.0.pdf
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6222
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10711
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103798147613151&w=2
• http://www.lsd-pl.net/documents/javasecurity-1.0.0.pdf
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6222
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10711

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