Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 31, 2002· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2002-2072

Description

java.security.AccessController in Sun Java Virtual Machine (JVM) in JRE 1.2.2 and 1.3.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (JVM crash) via a Java program that calls the doPrivileged method with a null argument.

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Affected products

Sun Corporation/Java Virtual Machinellm-fuzzy
Range: 1.2.2, 1.3.1
Sun Corporation/Jrellm-fuzzy3 versions
1.2.2, 1.3.1+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: 1.2.2, 1.3.1
- cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.2.2:*:linux_production:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.3.1:*:linux:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

securitytracker.com/idnvdExploit
www.securityfocus.com/bid/3992nvdExploit
ohhara.sarang.net/security/jvmcrash.txtnvd
www.iss.net/security_center/static/8042.phpnvd

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