CVE-1999-0440 describes a critical vulnerability in the Java Virtual Machine's byte code verifier, affecting Netscape and Sun Java products, which permits remote code execution via malicious web pages. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity, potentially leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its age and severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:netscape:navigator:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.01CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:netscape:navigator:4.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.02CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:netscape:navigator:4.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.03CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:netscape:navigator:4.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.