Vulnerability Details : CVE-2008-0592
Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.12 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.8 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a plain .txt file with a "Content-Disposition: attachment" and an invalid "Content-Type: plain/text," which prevents Firefox from rendering future plain text files within the browser.
Vulnerability category: Denial of service
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-0592
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 6.01%
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 92 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ
CVSS scores for CVE-2008-0592
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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4.3
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MEDIUM | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
8.6
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2.9
|
[email protected] |
References for CVE-2008-0592
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00381.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:048
- http://browser.netscape.com/releasenotes/
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https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9972
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-18.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487826/100/0/threaded
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00309.html
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https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=387258
Exploit
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0103.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00946.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0105.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1484
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0627/references
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00006.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1489
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27683
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0104.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1506
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00905.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00274.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488002/100/0/threaded
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http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019340
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0051
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1485
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1793/references
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-576-1
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-238492-1
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http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-09.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0453/references
- http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/6251b18e050302ebe7fe74294b55c818.html
Products affected by CVE-2008-0592
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*