CVE-2008-5427

Published: Dec 11, 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

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Symantec: Norton Internet Security 2008

1 product

Norton Internet Security 2008

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Symantec Norton Internet Security 2008	Version 15.5.0.23

Related CWEs

References (8)

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4721

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499038/100/0/threaded

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499045/100/0/threaded

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Exploit

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4721

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499038/100/0/threaded

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499045/100/0/threaded

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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