TI-2008-05166 Aliases CVE-2008-5426 GHSA-j6h9-29jj-pxjv

Kaspersky Internet Security Suite 2009 does not properly handle (1) multipart/mixed…

LOW 23CWE-399Published 2008-12-11 · Updated 2024-08-07

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Medium
Impact type: Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · None · Partial
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-399 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Kaspersky Internet Security Suite 2009 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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01244 69th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:kaspersky_lab:kaspersky_internet_security_suite:2009:::::::*	2009	Vulnerable	Kaspersky Lab

cpe:2.3:a:kaspersky_lab:kaspersky_internet_security_suite:2009:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2009 Vulnerable ·Kaspersky Lab

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2008-5426
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j6h9-29jj-pxjv

References

Exploit 1

http://mime.recurity.com/cgi-bin/twiki/view/Main/AttackIntro

Advisory 1

4721

Sources

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