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

CVE-2002-2248

CVE-2002-2248

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 products

14
  • Netscape/Communicator14 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 13 more
    • 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

0

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