CVE-1999-0142: Netscape Navigator

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 1.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Java Applet Security Manager implementation in Netscape Navigator 2.0 and Java Developer's Kit 1.0 allows an applet to connect to arbitrary hosts.

Affected products

• Netscape Navigator: any version
• Sun Java: any version

Published 1996-03-01. Last modified 2026-06-16.