Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 11, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2008-5427
CVE-2008-5427
Description
Norton Antivirus in Norton Internet Security 15.5.0.23 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
2- cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_internet_security_2008:15.5.0.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: 15.5.0.23
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
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