CVE-2009-2542

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Netscape v6 y v8 permite a atacantes remotos provocar una denegación de servicio (consumo de memoria) mediante un valor entero grande en la propiedad "length" de un objeto "Select", siendo un asunto relacionado con CVE-2009-1692.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2009-07-20 CVE Reserved
2009-07-20 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2024-08-07 First Exploit
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-399: Resource Management Errors

CAPEC

References (7)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504969/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504988/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504989/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505006/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52876	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9160	2024-08-07
http://www.g-sec.lu/one-bug-to-rule-them-all.html	2024-08-07

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Netscape Search vendor "Netscape"		Navigator Search vendor "Netscape" for product "Navigator"				6 Search vendor "Netscape" for product "Navigator" and version "6"		-		Affected
Netscape Search vendor "Netscape"		Navigator Search vendor "Netscape" for product "Navigator"				8 Search vendor "Netscape" for product "Navigator" and version "8"		-		Affected