CVE-2009-5098

HP Palm Pre WebOS <= 1.1 - Denial of Service via Long String After Refresh Tag

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2009-5098. PoCs published by Townsend Harris.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The exploit describes a floating point exception vulnerability in Palm Pre WebOS <= 1.1, triggered by a web page with 50,280+ bytes of data and a meta refresh tag, causing a DoS via LunaSysMgr process crash.

Description

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by Townsend Harris · textdoshardware
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9956

The exploit describes a floating point exception vulnerability in Palm Pre WebOS <= 1.1, triggered by a web page with 50,280+ bytes of data and a meta refresh tag, causing a DoS via LunaSysMgr process crash.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Palm Pre WebOS <= 1.1
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Victim must visit a malicious web page with specific conditions
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/36936
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_sreason
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8373
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507126/100/0/threaded

Scores

EPSS 0.0404
EPSS Percentile 89.3%

Details

CWE
CWE-399
Status published
Products (4)
hp/palm_pre_webos 1.0.2
hp/palm_pre_webos 1.0.3
hp/palm_pre_webos 1.0.4
hp/palm_pre_webos < 1.1.0
Published Sep 13, 2011
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026