CVE-2008-5826 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Nokia 6131 NFC phones by sending malformed NDEF records with large payload lengths or specific URI lengths.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2008-5826?
CVE-2008-5826 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 Jan 2009. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Nokia 6131 Near Field Communication (NFC) phone with 05.12 firmware allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device crash) via (1) a large value in the payload length field in an NDEF record, or a certain length for a (2) tel: or (3) sms: NDEF URI.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-5826?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nokia 6131 Nfc.
How do I fix CVE-2008-5826?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-5826 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2008-5826 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-5826 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7gr2-c648-wg3c.