CVE-2006-0040

DoS from large email

Published Mar 10, 2006 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 2.0% KEV · Not listed
Description
GNOME Evolution 2.4.2.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via a text e-mail with a large number of URLs, possibly due to unknown problems in gtkhtml.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2006-0048 GNOME Evolution 2.4.2.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via a text e-mail with a large number of URLs, possibly due to unknown problems in gtkhtml.
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00911}

epss

{'score': 0.00844}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 4:18 PM
Reserved
Dec 20, 2005, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Mar 10, 2006, 1:02 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:19 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Mar 1, 2006, 12:00 AM