01 Record
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:
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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:
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.03% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 80.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-12-11 15:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 10:56Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-12-11
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 35e821c9e0e709658f080014b16d2126c6e895f452543044b6c49e16cda3c9fc
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- mime.recurity.comhttp://mime.recurity.com/cgi-bin/twiki/view/Main/AttackIntro
- securityreason.com4721http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4721
- www.securityfocus.com20081208 DoS attacks on MIME-capable software via complex MIME emailshttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499038/100/0/threaded
- www.securityfocus.com20081209 Re: DoS attacks on MIME-capable software via complex MIME emailshttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499045/100/0/threaded