CVE-2008-0592
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…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.79%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 1.79% probability · 77th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox · mozilla/seamonkey
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://browser.netscape.com/releasenotes/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00006.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28754
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28818
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28864
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28865
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28877
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28879
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28924
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28939
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28958
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29086
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29167
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29567
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30327
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30620
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-238492-1
- http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/6251b18e050302ebe7fe74294b55c818.html
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0051
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1484
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1485
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1489
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1506
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-18.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:048
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-09.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0103.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0104.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0105.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487826/100/0/threaded
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.