Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 11, 2008· Updated Apr 23, 2026

CVE-2008-5425

Description

ESet NOD32 2.70.0039.0000 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.

Affected products

Eset/Nod32 Antivirus
cpe:2.3:a:eset:nod32_antivirus:2.70.0039.0000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

mime.recurity.com/cgi-bin/twiki/view/Main/AttackIntronvdExploit
securityreason.com/securityalert/4721nvd
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499038/100/0/threadednvd
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499045/100/0/threadednvd

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