CVE-2005-2343

Research in Motion (RIM) BlackBerry Handheld web browser for BlackBerry Handheld before 4.0.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hang) via a Java Application Description (JAD) file with a long application name and vendor string, which prevents a browser dialog from being properly dismissed.

Published: 2005-12-31 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-2343 is rated Moderate Risk (40.1/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.58%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-2343

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 1.95% 2.58% +0.63%
2 2025-08-27 1.37% 1.95% +0.58%
3 2025-03-30 — 1.37% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-2343

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.6 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 4.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-2343

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-2343

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
rim blackberry_desktop_manager 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:rim:blackberry_desktop_manager:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rim blackberry_device_software 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:rim:blackberry_device_software:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rim blackberry 7100g cpe:2.3:a:rim:blackberry:7100g:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rim blackberry 7100i cpe:2.3:a:rim:blackberry:7100i:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rim blackberry 7100r cpe:2.3:a:rim:blackberry:7100r:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rim blackberry 7100t cpe:2.3:a:rim:blackberry:7100t:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rim blackberry 7100v cpe:2.3:a:rim:blackberry:7100v:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rim blackberry 7100x cpe:2.3:a:rim:blackberry:7100x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rim blackberry 7105t cpe:2.3:a:rim:blackberry:7105t:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rim blackberry 7130e cpe:2.3:a:rim:blackberry:7130e:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rim blackberry 7230_3.7.1_.41 cpe:2.3:a:rim:blackberry:7230_3.7.1_.41:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rim blackberry 7230_3.8 cpe:2.3:a:rim:blackberry:7230_3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rim blackberry 7230_4.0 cpe:2.3:a:rim:blackberry:7230_4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rim blackberry 7250 cpe:2.3:a:rim:blackberry:7250:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rim blackberry 7280 cpe:2.3:a:rim:blackberry:7280:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rim blackberry 7290 cpe:2.3:a:rim:blackberry:7290:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rim blackberry 7520 cpe:2.3:a:rim:blackberry:7520:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rim blackberry 7730 cpe:2.3:a:rim:blackberry:7730:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rim blackberry 7750 cpe:2.3:a:rim:blackberry:7750:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rim blackberry 7780 cpe:2.3:a:rim:blackberry:7780:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rim blackberry 8700c cpe:2.3:a:rim:blackberry:8700c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rim blackberry 8700f cpe:2.3:a:rim:blackberry:8700f:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rim blackberry 8700r cpe:2.3:a:rim:blackberry:8700r:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-2343

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