cve/2004/CVE-2004-2540.md

### [CVE-2004-2540](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-2540)
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### Description

readObject in (1) Java Runtime Environment (JRE) and (2) Software Development Kit (SDK) 1.4.0 through 1.4.2_05 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (JVM unresponsive) via crafted serialized data.

### POC

#### Reference
No PoCs from references.

#### Github
- https://github.com/PalindromeLabs/Java-Deserialization-CVEs