Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 20, 2009· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2009-2542

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.

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Affected products

Netscape/Navigator2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:navigator:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:netscape:navigator:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:netscape:navigator:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Netscape/Netscapellm-fuzzy

Patches

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References

www.g-sec.lu/one-bug-to-rule-them-all.htmlnvdExploit
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9160nvd
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504969/100/0/threadednvd
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504988/100/0/threadednvd
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504989/100/0/threadednvd
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505006/100/0/threadednvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52876nvd

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