CVE-2008-5426
Kaspersky Internet Security Suite 2009 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…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.24%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Kaspersky Internet Security Suite 2009 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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 1.24% probability · 69th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- kaspersky lab/kaspersky internet security suite
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.2% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://mime.recurity.com/cgi-bin/twiki/view/Main/AttackIntroExploit
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4721
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499038/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499045/100/0/threaded
- http://mime.recurity.com/cgi-bin/twiki/view/Main/AttackIntroExploit
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4721
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499038/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499045/100/0/threaded
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.