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    CVE-2008-5427

    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.

    Published:Dec 11, 2008
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Dec 11, 2008
    EPSS Score:0.00868
    CVSS Score:4.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Symantec
    Product
    Norton Internet Security 2008

    Exploits

    http://mime.recurity.com/cgi-bin/twiki/view/Main/AttackIntrohttp://mime.recurity.com/cgi-bin/twiki/view/Main/AttackIntro

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High