CVE-2002-1294

medium

Description

The Microsoft Java implementation, as used in Internet Explorer, can provide HTML object references to applets via Javascript, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash due to illegal memory accesses) and possibly conduct other unauthorized activities via an applet that uses those references to access proprietary Microsoft methods.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6135

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10587.php

http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=103684360031565&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103682630823080&w=2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2002-11-29

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.05586