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CVE-2002-1295
The Microsoft Java implementation, as used in Internet Explorer, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly…
High7.5EPSS 15.4%
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- mitre
Description
The Microsoft Java implementation, as used in Internet Explorer, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly conduct other unauthorized activities via applet tags in HTML that bypass Java class restrictions (such as private constructors) by providing the class name in the code parameter, aka "Incomplete Java Object Instantiation Vulnerability."
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 15.4% · top 3.2% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (5)
- 6136 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- MS02-069 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 20021108 Technical information about unpatched MS Java vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_NTBUGTRAQx_transferred
- msvm-html-applet-dos(10588) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20021108 Technical information about unpatched MS Java vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .