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CVE-2004-1503

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.0 Published: 2004-12-31 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Integer overflow in the InitialDirContext in Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.4.2, 1.5.0 and possibly other versions allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Java exception and failed DNS requests) via a large number of DNS requests, which causes the xid variable to wrap around and become negative.

Affected Platforms

Sun Jre

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References