CVE-2002-2281: Symantec Java

High severity, CVSS 10.0. EPSS: 10.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Symantec Java! JIT (Just-In-Time) Compiler for Netscape Communicator 4.0 through 4.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Java commands via an applet that uses a jump call, which is not correctly compiled by the JIT compiler.

Affected products

• Symantec Java: version 4.0 only; version 4.4 only; version 4.5 only; version 4.06 only; version 4.6 only; version 4.07 only; …

Published 2002-12-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.