Denial of Service Vulnerability in Nokia Products Running Symbian OS

CVE-2009-2538

What is CVE-2009-2538?

A vulnerability exists in Nokia devices, specifically the N95, N82, and N810 Internet Tablet running Symbian OS 9.2, where remote attackers can exploit an excessively large integer value in the length property of a Select object. This exploitation leads to memory consumption issues, effectively resulting in a denial of service, where the device may become unresponsive or crash. This vulnerability was noted as a related issue to other security concerns that affect a broad range of platforms.

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