CVE-1999-1262 Java in Netscape 4.5 does not properly restrict applets from connecting to other hosts besides the one from which the applet was loaded, whi
Medium 5.1
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-1999-1262 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-1999-1262 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 9 Mar 2002.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-1999-1262 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-1999-1262/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-1999-1262/index.md)
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-1999-1262?
CVE-1999-1262 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 9 Mar 2002.
Official description
Java in Netscape 4.5 does not properly restrict applets from connecting to other hosts besides the one from which the applet was loaded, which violates the Java security model and could allow remote attackers to conduct unauthorized activities.
Which versions are affected by CVE-1999-1262?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Netscape Communicator.
How do I fix CVE-1999-1262?
No fix has been published for CVE-1999-1262 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-1999-1262 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-1999-1262 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
- CVE-2002-2248 Buffer overflow in the sun.awt.windows.WDefaultFontCharset Java class implementation in Netscape 4.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbi
- CVE-1999-1189 Memory corruption in n/a
- CVE-2001-0596 Cross-site scripting in n/a
- CVE-1999-1357 Cross-site scripting in n/a
- CVE-2000-1187 Memory corruption in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2ccq-2xr5-3q62.