CVE-2006-0709

N/A
Published: February 15, 2006 at 11:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:21 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorMetamail

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 6%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (16)

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18796
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18987
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19000
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/19130
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/19226
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/19304
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015654

CVSS

Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

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