CVE-2002-1287: Microsoft Java Virtual Machine

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 20.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Microsoft Java implementation, as used in Internet Explorer, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long class name through (1) Class.forName or (2) ClassLoader.loadClass.

Affected products

• Microsoft Java Virtual Machine: version 1.1 only

Published 2002-11-29. Last modified 2026-06-16.