Name: CVE-2002-2248: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2007-10-14T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2002-2248, CWE-119, CVSS 9.8, EPSS 0.05787

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.

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CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 9.8

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