Unscored severity · published Feb 15, 2006
CVE-2006-0709
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…
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CVSS
6.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)6.4% · higher than 94% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ME
Metamail · Metamail Corporation
2.7.50 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-0709
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-0709
bugs.debian.org
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=352482
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18796
Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/18987
Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/19000
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/19130
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/19226
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