CVE-2008-5427 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Norton Antivirus within Norton Internet Security 15.5.0.23. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger resource exhaustion, such as stack consumption, by sending specially crafted large email messages containing numerous MIME parts or "Content-type: message/rfc822;" headers. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and a potential for partial availability impact, with no impact on confidentiality or integrity. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
15.5.0.23CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_internet_security_2008:15.5.0.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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