Unscored severity · published Dec 11, 2008
CVE-2008-5426
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:…
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CVSS
1.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.2% · higher than 69% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KI
Kaspersky Internet Security Suite · Kaspersky Lab
2009 · source: NVD
Affected product
KI
Kaspersky Internet Security Suite
Kaspersky Lab
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5426
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5426
Exploit
http://mime.recurity.com/cgi-bin/twiki/view/Main/AttackIntro
securityreason.com
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4721
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499038/100/0/threaded
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499045/100/0/threaded