CVE-2008-0592

Published: Feb 9, 2008Modified: Apr 23, 2026

4.3

Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability: 8.6 / Impact: 2.9

Source: NVD

Description

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.

Affected (2)

Products: Mozilla: Firefox, Seamonkey

Mozilla

2 products

Firefox

Seamonkey

Configuration A

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Mozilla Firefox	Up to 2.0.0.11
Mozilla Seamonkey	Up to 1.1.7

References (88)

http://browser.netscape.com/releasenotes/

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00006.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/28754

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/28818

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/28864

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http://secunia.com/advisories/28865

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/28877

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/28879

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/28924

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/28939

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/28958

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/29086

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/29167

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/29567

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/30327

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/30620

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-238492-1

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/6251b18e050302ebe7fe74294b55c818.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0051

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1484

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1485

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1489

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1506

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-18.xml

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:048

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-09.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0103.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0104.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0105.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487826/100/0/threaded

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488002/100/0/threaded

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27683

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019340

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-576-1

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0453/references

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0627/references

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1793/references

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=387258

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Exploit

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9972

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00274.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00309.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00381.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00905.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00946.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://browser.netscape.com/releasenotes/