CVE-2008-0592

N/A Unknown
Published: February 09, 2008 Modified: April 23, 2026
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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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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28754
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/28818
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/28864
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/28865
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/28877
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/28879
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/28924
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/28939
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/28958
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/29086
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/29167
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/29567
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/30327
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/30620
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27683
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-576-1
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=387258
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Exploit
http://browser.netscape.com/releasenotes/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/28754
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/28818
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/28864
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/28865
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/28877
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/28879
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/28924
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/28939
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/28958
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/29086
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/29167
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/29567
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/30327
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/30620
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-238492-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0051
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1484
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1485
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1489
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1506
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-18.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:048
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-09.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0103.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0104.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0105.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487826/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488002/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27683
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019340
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-576-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0453/references
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0627/references
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1793/references
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=387258
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit

88 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
3.4%
87th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

mozilla