Sony Playstation 3 Web Browser resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Sony Playstation 3. This affects an unknown function of the component Web Browser. The manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2009-2541. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Sony Playstation 3 (Game Console) (affected version not known). This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component Web Browser. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

The web browser on the Sony PLAYSTATION 3 (PS3) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and console hang) via a large integer value for the length property of a Select object, a related issue to CVE-2009-1692.

The weakness was shared 07/20/2009 as confirmed posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2009-2541 since 07/20/2009. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. 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. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as highly functional. 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 $5k-$25k.

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 databases at X-Force (52875) and Exploit-DB (9160). The entries VDB-48670, VDB-49080, VDB-49077 and VDB-49076 are related to this item. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
Author: Thierry Zoller
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07/15/2009 🔍
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07/20/2009 +5 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2009-2541 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-2541
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-49079
X-Force: 52875 - Sony PLAYSTATION 3 (PS3) integer value denial of service

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 04/23/2025 18:59
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (46), 04/29/2019 14:41 (13), 12/04/2024 18:41 (16), 04/23/2025 18:59 (1)
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