Palm Pre WebOS version <= 1.1 Floating Point Exception

[PalmPreHacker@xxxxxxxxx]

I.  Description

The Palm Pre WebOS version <= 1.1 suffers from a floating point exception 
vulnerability when attempting to view a specially crafted web page. This 
vulnerability has been addressed in the latest patch from Palm and all users 
are recommended to update to WebOS version 1.2+.

II.  Impact

If a user views a malicious web page that contains specially crafted data, the 
"LunaSysMgr" process will crash, causing the device to simulate a reboot.  The 
bug itself is a floating point exception that crashes the "LunaSysMgr" process 
and forces the device to restart the process, simulating a reboot of the 
system.  At the time of the discovery, the greatest risk to the system was a 
denial of service condition. 

The crash does not occur when viewing the malicious web page while in landscape 
mode.

III. Proof of Concept

The Palm Pre WebOS version <= 1.1 will crash upon opening a web page that 
contains 50,280 bytes of data or greater and attempts to refresh the page.  
Upon viewing the malicious web page the LunaSysMgr process will generate a 
floating point exception and simulate a system "reboot".

The following code will trigger the issue

"<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="1">AAAAA..." using 50280 or more 
characters after the refresh.

IV. About

This vulnerability was discovered by Townsend Ladd Harris <PalmPreHacker [a t] 
gmail.com>

Vulnerability details will be posted at: 
http://tlhsecurity.blogspot.com/2009/10/palm-pre-webos-version-11-floating.html