CVE-2008-0592

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-0592
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-02-09 00:00:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionMozilla 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

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Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
USN-576-1: Firefox vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1489-1 iceweasel af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Mozilla Firefox Lets Remote Users Prevent the Browser From Opening Local Plain Text Files in Certain Cases af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: thunderbird-2.0.0.12-1.fc8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Yahoo af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 browser.netscape.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1485-2 icedove af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Mozilla products: Multiple vulnerabilities — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
Sun Solaris Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
rPath update for firefox - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian update for icedove - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1484-1 xulrunner af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:048 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Red Hat update for firefox - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Mozilla Thunderbird/Seamonkey/Firefox 2.0.0.11 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Fedora update for firefox, seamonkey, and gtkmozembedmm - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Fedora update for firefox, seamonkey, gtkmozembedmm, and Miro - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: seamonkey-1.1.8-1.fc8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: gtkmozembedmm-1.4.2.cvs20060817-18.fc8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 7 Update: thunderbird-2.0.0.12-1.fc7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Red Hat update for thunderbird - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
MFSA 2008-09: Mishandling of locally-saved plain text files af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mozilla.org
sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com
Debian update for iceape - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SUSE update for epiphany - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Bug 387258 – plain text txt file viewing capability lost after having downloaded a txt file with content-disposition: attachment and content-type: plain/text af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org Exploit
Advisories:rPSA-2008-0051 - rPath Wiki af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wiki.rpath.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1506-1 iceape af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Debian update for xulrunner - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian update for iceweasel - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SUSE update for MozillaFirefox and seamonkey - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 7 Update: firefox-2.0.0.12-1.fc7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Security update for epiphany af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.novell.com
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Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Fedora update for thunderbird - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: Mozilla Firefox and Seam af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
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