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CVE-2002-2248

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Published: Dec 31, 2002Modified: Apr 16, 2026

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10.0
Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 10.0
Source: NVD

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 (14)

Netscape
1 product
Communicator
Configuration A
14 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Netscape
Communicator
Version 4.0
Communicator
Version 4.51
Communicator
Version 4.5
Communicator
Version 4.61
Communicator
Version 4.6
Communicator
Version 4.72
Communicator
Version 4.73
Communicator
Version 4.74
Communicator
Version 4.75
Communicator
Version 4.76
Communicator
Version 4.77
Communicator
Version 4.78
Communicator
Version 4.79
Communicator
Version 4.7

Related CWEs

CWE-119
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (6)

Source: cve@mitre.org
Source: cve@mitre.org
Source: cve@mitre.org
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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