>> BlackBerry Device Browser Link Handling Client-Side Denial of Service Vulnerability
Title : BlackBerry Device Browser Link Handling Client-Side Denial of Service Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-0945 CVE ID : CVE-2007-1441
Rated as : Low Risk
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2007-03-14
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in various BlackBerry devices, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service. This issue is due to an error in the BlackBerry browser that fails to properly handle overly long URLs, which could be exploited by attackers to cause a vulnerable device to become slow or to stop responding by tricking a user into following a specially crafted link.
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