CVE-2002-0076: HP Java JRE-JDK

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 26.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Java Runtime Environment (JRE) Bytecode Verifier allows remote attackers to escape the Java sandbox and execute commands via an applet containing an illegal cast operation, as seen in (1) Microsoft VM build 3802 and earlier as used in Internet Explorer 4.x and 5.x, (2) Netscape 6.2.1 and earlier, and possibly other implementations that use vulnerable versions of SDK or JDK, aka a variant of the "Virtual Machine Verifier" vulnerability.

Affected products

• HP Java JRE-JDK: version 1.1.8 only; version 1.2.2 only; version 1.3 only
• Microsoft Virtual Machine: version 3802 only
• Sun JDK: version 1.1.8 only
• Sun JRE: version 1.1.8 only; version 1.2.2 only; version 1.3.0 only; version 1.3.1 only
• Sun SDK: version 1.2.2_10 only; version 1.2.2_010 only; version 1.3.1_01 only; version 1.3.1_01a only; version 1.3_05 only

Published 2002-03-19. Last modified 2026-06-16.