CVE-2002-2072

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Summary

CVECVE-2002-2072
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2002-12-31 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
Descriptionjava.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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Sun Jre 1.2.2 All linux_production All
Application Sun Jre 1.3.1 All linux All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
ohhara.sarang.net/security/jvmcrash.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ohhara.sarang.net
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Sun Java Virtual Machine Can Be Crashed By Malicious Java Code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com Exploit
Sun Java Virtual Machine Segmentation Violation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit
ISS X-Force Database: sun-jre-jvm-dos (8042): Sun JRE Java Virtual Machine denial of service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.iss.net
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