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.
CVSS Metrics
- Vector
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Access Vector
- network
- Access Cmplx
- low
- Auth
- none
- Confidentiality
- complete
- Integrity
- complete
- Availability
- complete
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- NETSCAPE
- Published
- 12/31/2002
- Last Modified
- 4/3/2025
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
netscape : communicatornetscape : communicatornetscape : communicatornetscape : communicatornetscape : communicatornetscape : communicatornetscape : communicatornetscape : communicatornetscape : communicatornetscape : communicatornetscape : communicatornetscape : communicatornetscape : communicatornetscape : communicator
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