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Resource Management Errors

CVE-2009-2575

High
7.1/10

Summary

The Research In Motion (RIM) BlackBerry 8800 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and browser crash) via a large integer value for the length property of a Select object, a related issue to CVE-2009-1692.

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  • NETWORK
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  • COMPLETE

CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors

Resource management errors is not a weakness in and of itself, rather it is a category of weaknesses related to improper management of system resources. If not addressed, the weaknesses in this category can lead to unexpected software behavior, loss of access, file modification, sensitive information disclosure, system crash, denial of service, and code execution.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published