CVE-2009-5098
The LunaSysMgr process in Palm Pre WebOS 1.1 and earlier, when not viewing web pages in landscape...
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.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
5.4
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.
- Record
CVE-2009-5098- CVSS 2.0
- 5.4 Medium
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-399
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2009-5098- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2009-5053 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2009-5053- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-pmx6-78qj-835g No score
The LunaSysMgr process in Palm Pre WebOS 1.1 and earlier, when not viewing web pages in landscape...
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.
- Record
GHSA-pmx6-78qj-835g- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Palm Pre WebOS 1.1 - Denial of Service | 2009-10-14 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2009-5098 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Hp Palm Pre Webos, published September 13, 2011. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.94%, the 90th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
securityfocus.com/archive/1/507126/100/0/threaded
kb.palm.com/wps/portal/kb/na/pre/p100eww/sprint/solutions/article/50607_en.html
tlhsecurity.blogspot.com/2009/10/palm-pre-webos-version-11-floating.html
securityreason.com/securityalert/8373
secunia.com/advisories/36936
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-5098
github.com/advisories/GHSA-pmx6-78qj-835g