# CVE-2008-5826: The Nokia 6131 Near Field Communication (NFC) phone with 05.12 firmware allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device crash)

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2009-01-02 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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.

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## References

- http://www.mulliner.org/nfc/feed/collin_mulliner_eusecwest08_attacking_nfc_phones.pdf
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30716
- http://www.mulliner.org/security/advisories/nokia6131nfc_uri_spoofing_and_dos_advisory.txt
- http://events.ccc.de/congress/2008/Fahrplan/attachments/1109_collin_mulliner_eusecwest08_attacking_nfc_phones_slim.pdf
- http://events.ccc.de/congress/2008/Fahrplan/events/2639.en.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44529
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-08/0186.html
- http://www.mulliner.org/nfc/feed/collin_mulliner_25c3_attacking_nfc_phones.pdf
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2008-08/0344.html

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