CVE-2002-2072

Sun Java Virtual Machine 1.2.2/1.3.1 - Segmentation Violation

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2002-01-30 First Exploit
2002-12-31 CVE Published
2005-07-14 CVE Reserved
2024-09-16 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (5)

URL	Tag	Source
http://ohhara.sarang.net/security/jvmcrash.txt	X_refsource_misc
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8042.php	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21259	2002-01-30
http://securitytracker.com/id?1003418	2024-09-16
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3992	2024-09-16

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Sun Search vendor "Sun"		Jre Search vendor "Sun" for product "Jre"				1.2.2 Search vendor "Sun" for product "Jre" and version "1.2.2"		linux_production		Affected
Sun Search vendor "Sun"		Jre Search vendor "Sun" for product "Jre"				1.3.1 Search vendor "Sun" for product "Jre" and version "1.3.1"		linux		Affected