CVE-2006-0709Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Corporation Metamail

7 documents5 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
7.9%
top 7.96%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedFeb 15
Latest updateMay 1

Description

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.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:P/I:P/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 6.4

Affected Packages1 packages

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-c93r-p92x-rrc3: Buffer overflow in Metamail 22022-05-01
CVEList
CVE-2006-0709: Buffer overflow in Metamail 22006-02-15

📋Vendor Advisories

1
Red Hat
security flaw2006-02-12

💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2006-0709 security flaw2018-08-16
Bugzilla
CVE-2006-0709 metamail buffer overflow2006-03-13
Bugzilla
CVE-2006-0709 Metamail heap based buffer overflow2006-02-15