CVE-2005-2343 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Research In Motion (RIM) BlackBerry Handheld web browser, affecting versions prior to 4.0.2. An attacker could exploit this by providing a specially crafted Java Application Description (JAD) file containing excessively long application and vendor strings, causing the browser to hang due to an unclosable dialog. This vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.6, indicating a partial denial of service with high attack complexity and no impact on confidentiality or integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this decade-old flaw.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rim:blackberry_desktop_manager:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rim:blackberry_device_software:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7100gCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rim:blackberry:7100g:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7100iCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rim:blackberry:7100i:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7100rCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rim:blackberry:7100r:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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