Is CVE-2008-5426 being actively exploited?

CVE-2008-5426 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2008-5426?

CVE-2008-5426 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.3 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2008-5426

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 1.2%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score: 4.3 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-399
EPSS score: 1.2% (69th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2008-5403)
Published: December 11, 2008
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-5403 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

kaspersky lab / kaspersky internet security suite

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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