Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 9, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2008-0592
CVE-2008-0592
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.
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Affected products
6cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=2.0.0.11
- (no CPE)range: <2.0.0.12
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=1.1.7
- (no CPE)range: <1.1.8
- osv-coords2 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/firefox-esr&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaFirefox&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
< 128.5.1-1.1+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < 128.5.1-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 92.0-1.2
Patches
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References
44- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvdExploit
- browser.netscape.com/releasenotes/nvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00006.htmlnvd
- secunia.com/advisories/28754nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/28818nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/28864nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/28865nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/28877nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/28879nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/28924nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/28939nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/28958nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/29086nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/29167nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/29567nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/30327nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/30620nvd
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.donvd
- support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/6251b18e050302ebe7fe74294b55c818.htmlnvd
- wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0051nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1484nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1485nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1489nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1506nvd
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-18.xmlnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-09.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0103.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0104.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0105.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487826/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488002/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/27683nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-576-1nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0453/referencesnvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0627/referencesnvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1793/referencesnvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9972nvd
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00274.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00309.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00381.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00905.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00946.htmlnvd
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