CVE-2004-2540

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2004-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

readObject in (1) Java Runtime Environment (JRE) and (2) Software Development Kit (SDK) 1.4.0 through 1.4.2_05 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (JVM unresponsive) via crafted serialized data.

Affected products

Sun Jdk: 1.4, 1.4.0_01, 1.4.0_02, 1.4.0_03, 1.4.0_4, 1.4.1 (+9)
Sun Jre: 1.4, 1.4.0_01, 1.4.0_02, 1.4.0_03, 1.4.0_04, 1.4.1 (+10)

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-04/0113.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/13271/
http://sunsolve.sun.com/searchproxy/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57707-1
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20027
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-04/0113.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/13271/
http://sunsolve.sun.com/searchproxy/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57707-1
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20027

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