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CVE-2002-20721 exploit

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 servic…

Published 23 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
5.0
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
8.9%
percentile 95%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

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.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

8.86% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-21259 Sun Java Virtual Machine 1.2.2/1.3.1 - Segmentation Violation · local · 2002-01-30

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.05.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

  • securitytracker.com /id?1003418 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • iss.net /security_center/static/8042.php · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
  • ohhara.sarang.net /security/jvmcrash.txt · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/3992 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred

Sources

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