LG U8120 Mobile Phone - '.MIDI' File Remote Denial of Service

Author: Luca Ercoli
type: dos
platform: hardware
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date_added: 2005-04-13 
date_updated: 2013-05-13 
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source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13154/info

A remote denial of service vulnerability is reported to affect the LG U8120 Mobile Phone. The report indicates that the issue manifests when an affected phone processes a malicious MIDI file.

The following instructions are available:
To perform the attack from LG U8120:
(WARNING: DOING THIS OPERATIONS YOU CAN BLOCK YOUR DEVICE!
TO RESET IT USE THIS CODE: 277634#*#)

1- Save a mms draft with a dummy midi file
2- Connect mobile phone to PC and overwrite the dummy file with 'lgfreeze.mid'.
3- Send the mms draft.