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CVE-2004-2627
Java 2 Micro Edition (J2ME) does not properly validate bytecode, which allows remote attackers to escape the Kilobyte Virtual Machine…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 6.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 6.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Java 2 Micro Edition (J2ME) does not properly validate bytecode, which allows remote attackers to escape the Kilobyte Virtual Machine (KVM) sandbox and execute arbitrary code.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.3% · top 6.4% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
7
- 20041022 J2ME security vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 11041 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/10/22/mobile_java_peril/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20041022 J2ME security vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- java2-command-execution(17825) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 1011898 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 12945 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2004-2618 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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