Netscape Navigator 6/8 resource management

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Netscape Navigator 6/8 (Web Browser). Affected is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

Netscape 6 and 8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large integer value for the length property of a Select object, a related issue to CVE-2009-1692.

The weakness was published 07/20/2009 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2009-2542 since 07/20/2009. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed by Thierry Zoller and been published even before and not after the advisory. It is declared as highly functional. The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 5 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (52876). Similar entries are available at 48670, 49079, 49077 and 49076.

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Web Browser

Vendor

Netscape

Name

Navigator

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-399
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
Author: Thierry Zoller
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