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CVE-2009-5098 json

The LunaSysMgr process in Palm Pre WebOS 1.1 and earlier, when not viewing web pages in landscape mode, allows remote attackers to cause a…

published 15y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2009-5053

cvss
5.4
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.9%
EPSS 3.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

The LunaSysMgr process in Palm Pre WebOS 1.1 and earlier, when not viewing web pages in landscape mode, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a web page containing a long string following a refresh tag, which triggers a floating point exception.

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-9956)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

3.94% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-9956 Palm Pre WebOS 1.1 - Denial of Service dos, 2009-10-14
  • tlhsecurity.blogspot.com http://tlhsecurity.blogspot.com/2009/10/palm-pre-webos-version-11-floating.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.4 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-399 Resource Management Errors

References

Sources

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