CVE-2009-5098

Public Exploit

Description

The LunaSysMgr process in Palm Pre WebOS 1.1 and earlier, when not viewing web pages in landscape mode, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a web page containing a long string following a refresh tag, which triggers a floating point exception.

Category

5.4
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 24.84% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507126/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://kb.palm.com/wps/portal/kb/na/pre/p100eww/sprint/solutions/article/50607_en.html#12
http://tlhsecurity.blogspot.com/2009/10/palm-pre-webos-version-11-floating.html exploit
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8373 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36936 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2009-5098?
CVE-2009-5098 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2009-5098?
To fix CVE-2009-5098, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2009-5098 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2009-5098 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~25% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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