Vulnerability Details : CVE-2008-5426
Potential exploit
Kaspersky Internet Security Suite 2009 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.
Vulnerability category: Denial of service
Products affected by CVE-2008-5426
- cpe:2.3:a:kaspersky_lab:kaspersky_internet_security_suite:2009:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5426
0.57%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 66 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2008-5426
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4.3
|
MEDIUM | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
8.6
|
2.9
|
NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2008-5426
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Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2008-5426
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