CVE-2004-1503

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2004-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Integer overflow in the InitialDirContext in Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.4.2, 1.5.0 and possibly other versions allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Java exception and failed DNS requests) via a large number of DNS requests, which causes the xid variable to wrap around and become negative.

Affected products

Sun Jre: 1.4.2, 1.5.0

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109994063331773&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/13142
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11619
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17990
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109994063331773&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/13142
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11619
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17990

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