# 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.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 2 Jan 2009
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7gr2-c648-wg3c

## 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 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-5826?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

## 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

- [CVE-2008-5827](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-5827/): Security feature bypass in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2008-5825](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-5825/): Open redirect in n/a (low 2.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2008-5826 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-5826 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-5826/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-5826/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5826
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5826
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-5826

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