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Vulnerability record · CVE-2008-5425 · published 11 December 2008

CVE-2008-5425: Eset nod32 antivirus vulnerability

Eset · Nod32 Antivirus

ESet NOD32 2.70.0039.0000 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.

4.3 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 2.3% · top 17.1% CWE-399 · CWE-399
4.3CVSS 2.0 base score
2.3%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
8References, 2 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

ESet NOD32 2.70.0039.0000 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.

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://mime.recurity.com/cgi-bin/twiki/view/Main/AttackIntro Exploit
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4721
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499038/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499045/100/0/threaded
http://mime.recurity.com/cgi-bin/twiki/view/Main/AttackIntro Exploit
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4721
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499038/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499045/100/0/threaded

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2008-5425), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-10-19). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.