PT-2008-2218 · Mozilla+1 · Firefox+2
Published
2008-02-08
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Updated
2024-12-12
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CVE-2008-0592
CVSS v2.0
4.3
Medium
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 2.0.0.12
SeaMonkey versions prior to 1.1.8
Description
The issue allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service. This can be achieved via a plain .txt file with a "Content-Disposition: attachment" and an invalid "Content-Type: plain/text," which prevents the browser from rendering future plain text files within it.
Recommendations
For Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 2.0.0.12, update to version 2.0.0.12 or later to resolve the issue.
For SeaMonkey versions prior to 1.1.8, update to version 1.1.8 or later to resolve the issue.
Exploit
Fix
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Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Firefox
Red Hat
Seamonkey