Instituto Nacional de ciberseguridad. Sección Incibe
Instituto Nacional de Ciberseguridad. Sección INCIBE-CERT

Go to Calendar     Go to Press Room     Go to Newsletters subscription

Search

CVE-2002-2248

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-119 Buffer Errors
Publication date:
31/12/2002
Last modified:
03/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 10.00 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
10.00
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.51:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.61:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.72:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.73:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.74:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.75:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.76:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.77:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.78:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.79:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools