CVE-2004-2540 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) and Software Development Kit (SDK) versions 1.4.0 through 1.4.2_05. Remote attackers can exploit this by sending specially crafted serialized data to cause the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) to become unresponsive. Rated with a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with no authentication required, leading to a partial availability impact. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, though it has garnered significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.4:*:linux:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.4:*:solaris:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.4:*:windows:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.4.0_01CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.4.0_01:*:windows:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.4.0_02CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.4.0_02:*:linux:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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