{"id":"CVE-2002-2072","description":"java.security.AccessController in Sun Java Virtual Machine (JVM) in JRE 1.2.2 and 1.3.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (JVM crash) via a Java program that calls the doPrivileged method with a null argument.","cvssScore":5,"cvssVersion":"2.0","cvssVector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P","cvssMetrics":[{"version":"2.0","score":5,"vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P","source":"nvd@nist.gov","sourceName":"NVD","type":"Primary"}],"resolved":"MITIGATION-CANDIDATE","published":"2002-12-31","lastModified":"2026-06-16","affectedProducts":[{"vendor":"sun","product":"jre","version":"1.2.2"},{"vendor":"sun","product":"jre","version":"1.3.1"}],"totalAffectedProducts":1,"references":[{"url":"http://ohhara.sarang.net/security/jvmcrash.txt","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://securitytracker.com/id?1003418","source":"cve@mitre.org","tags":["Exploit"]},{"url":"http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8042.php","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3992","source":"cve@mitre.org","tags":["Exploit"]}],"reasoning":{"decidingSource":"poc-derivable","decidingReason":"Promoted to MITIGATION-CANDIDATE: 1 public proof-of-concept exploit(s) are indexed for this CVE (exploit-db), but the affected code is not open source. That makes an ARMR patch rule a candidate rather than a plan — the exploit gives a reproducible entry point to trace inward from and a test to validate a hook against, which is what makes reverse engineering tractable at all. No rule exists and none is scheduled: the hook point must be recovered by decompiling the affected code, and a closer look may find none that ARMR can act on.","verdicts":[{"rule":"rejected","stage":"identity","outcome":"no-match"},{"rule":"armr-patch-file","stage":"scope","outcome":"no-match"},{"rule":"armr-secure-rule-file","stage":"scope","outcome":"no-match"},{"rule":"manual-classification","stage":"scope","outcome":"no-match"},{"rule":"h2-history","stage":"scope","outcome":"no-match"},{"rule":"non-java-upstream","stage":"scope","outcome":"no-match"},{"rule":"oracle-component","stage":"scope","outcome":"no-match"},{"rule":"osv-maven","stage":"scope","outcome":"no-match"},{"rule":"cna-maven-package","stage":"scope","outcome":"no-match"},{"rule":"known-cpe-product","stage":"scope","outcome":"matched","status":"QUEUED-FOR-REVIEW","detail":"Matches known products: sun/jre"},{"rule":"patch-hint","stage":"disposition","outcome":"no-match"},{"rule":"open-source-maven","stage":"disposition","outcome":"no-match"},{"rule":"poc-derivable","stage":"disposition","outcome":"matched","status":"MITIGATION-CANDIDATE","detail":"1 public PoC(s) indexed in exploit-db, with no public source. The exploit is a starting point for deriving an ARMR patch rule by reverse engineering; nothing here establishes a hook point exists.","decisive":true},{"rule":"no-exploit","stage":"disposition","outcome":"skipped"},{"rule":"secure-rule-match","stage":"disposition","outcome":"no-match"},{"rule":"below-action-threshold","stage":"disposition","outcome":"withheld","detail":"Has 1 known POC(s) clearing the evidence bar — requires review despite MEDIUM severity"},{"rule":"no-exploit-published","stage":"disposition","outcome":"no-match","detail":"A KEV listing, a CISA verdict of active exploitation, or a reviewed exploit catalogue carries this CVE — somebody has published a working exploit, so it stays a candidate"}],"affectedProducts":[{"vendor":"sun","product":"jre","isKnown":true,"cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.2.2:*:linux_production:*:*:*:*:*","source":"yaml"}]},"assessment":{"record":{"state":"active"},"protection":{"level":"none"},"action":{"state":"unverified","type":"patch-rule"},"review":{"state":"automated","basis":"inferred"}},"exploits":[{"source":"exploit-db","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21259","title":"Sun Java Virtual Machine 1.2.2/1.3.1 - Segmentation Violation","date":"2002-01-30"}],"signals":{"hasPOC":true,"pocCount":1,"pocSources":["exploit-db"],"firstPOCDate":"2002-01-30"},"kev":{"inKEV":false},"epss":{"available":true,"score":0.08859,"percentile":0.94908},"ssvc":{"available":false}}