CVE-2008-5427

Published Dec 11, 2008 CVSS 2.0 · 4.3 Medium EPSS 2.0% KEV · Not listed
Description
Norton Antivirus in Norton Internet Security 15.5.0.23 does not properly handle (1) multipart/mixed e-mail messages with many MIME parts and possibly (2) e-mail messages with many "Content-type: message/rfc822;" headers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption or other resource consumption) via a large e-mail message, a related issue to CVE-2006-1173.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-5404 Norton Antivirus in Norton Internet Security 15.5.0.23 does not properly handle (1) multipart/mixed e-mail messages with many MIME parts and possibly (2) e-mail messages with many "Content-type: message/rfc822;" headers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption or other resource consumption) via a large e-mail message, a related issue to CVE-2006-1173.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 10:56 AM
Reserved
Dec 11, 2008, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 11, 2008, 3:30 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:59 PM