CVE-2008-0592: mozilla firefox
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2008-0592 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 1.79% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77.9% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 9 · Related 2Timeline
- 08-02-2008PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
1.79%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
78%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 1.79% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
1 foundExploit Reference (bugzilla.mozilla.org)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
1 vendor · 2 products
References
44 links- browser.netscape.com/releasenotes/X Refsource CONFIRM
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00946.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORA
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00905.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORA
Show all 44 references
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9972VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL
- support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/6251b18e050302ebe7fe74294b55c818.htmlX Refsource CONFIRM
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00309.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORA
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00381.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORA
- wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0051X Refsource CONFIRM
- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-09.htmlX Refsource CONFIRM
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00274.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORA