First published: Fri Jan 02 2009(Updated: )
The Nokia 6131 Near Field Communication (NFC) phone with 05.12 firmware allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device crash) via (1) a large value in the payload length field in an NDEF record, or a certain length for a (2) tel: or (3) sms: NDEF URI.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Nokia 6131 Nfc | =05.12 |
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CVE-2008-5826 is classified as a denial of service vulnerability that can cause device crashes.
To mitigate CVE-2008-5826, ensure that your Nokia 6131 NFC phone is updated with any available firmware patches from Nokia.
CVE-2008-5826 specifically affects the Nokia 6131 NFC phone running firmware version 05.12.
CVE-2008-5826 can be exploited through specially crafted NFC payloads that contain large values in the payload length field.
Currently, there are no documented workarounds for CVE-2008-5826; the best action is to update to the latest firmware.