CVE-2006-0709

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Buffer overflow in Metamail 2.7-50 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via e-mail messages with a long boundary attribute, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-0105.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 7.5

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2006-02-15 CVE Reserved
2006-02-15 CVE Published
2023-04-13 EPSS Updated
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2024-08-07 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (18)

URL	Tag	Source
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=352482	X_refsource_confirm
http://secunia.com/advisories/19130	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19226	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19304	Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015654	Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0565	Vdb Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24702	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16611	2024-08-07

URL	Date	SRC
http://secunia.com/advisories/18987	2017-07-20
http://secunia.com/advisories/19000	2017-07-20
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0217.html	2017-07-20
http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:047	2017-07-20

URL	Date	SRC
http://secunia.com/advisories/18796	2017-07-20
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-995	2017-07-20
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200603-16.xml	2017-07-20
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_05_sr.html	2017-07-20
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-0709	2006-02-21
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1618013	2006-02-21

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Metamail Corporation Search vendor "Metamail Corporation"		Metamail Search vendor "Metamail Corporation" for product "Metamail"				2.7.50 Search vendor "Metamail Corporation" for product "Metamail" and version "2.7.50"		-		Affected