CVE-2009-2542 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Netscape 6 and 8. Remote attackers can exploit this by providing a large integer value for the length property of a Select object, leading to excessive memory consumption. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium severity, and requires medium attack complexity with no authentication needed, resulting in a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:netscape:navigator:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:netscape:navigator:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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