CVE-2009-2542

Published: Jul 20, 2009Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-399

NVD MITRE

4.3CVSSMEDIUM

EPSS Score

Description

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAccess Vector

Network

AC:MAccess Complexity

Medium

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:NConfidentiality

None

I:NIntegrity

None

A:PAvailability

Partial

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Weaknesses

CWE-399

Affected Products

navigator netscape

On-premDesktop App

Consumer Software / browser

n/a n/a

netscapecommercialUSConsumer Softwareaka netscape

Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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References

http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9160

exploit-db.com

http://www.g-sec.lu/one-bug-to-rule-them-all.html

g-sec.lu

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504969/100/0/threaded

securityfocus.com

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Timeline

Published

Jul 20, 2009

Last Updated

Apr 23, 2026

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