CVE-2006-5877

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Published Feb 23, 2007 CVSS 2.0 · 7.8 High EPSS 1.7% KEV · Not listed

Description

The enigmail extension before 0.94.2 does not properly handle large, encrypted file e-mail attachments, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash), as demonstrated with Mozilla Thunderbird.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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OR	cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:::powerpc:::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:::powerpc:::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:::powerpc:::::*

cpe:2.3:a:enigmail:enigmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-5861	The enigmail extension before 0.94.2 does not properly handle large, encrypted file e-mail attachments, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash), as demonstrated with Mozilla Thunderbird.
Ubuntu USN	USN-427-1	enigmail vulnerability

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.7% (1.729% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://bugzilla.mozdev.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9730
http://enigmail.mozdev.org/changelog.html#enig0.94.2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22684
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-427-1

History

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Subscriptions

Enigmail Enigmail

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 8:04 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Feb 23, 2007, 9:00 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 8:04 PM
Reserved: Nov 14, 2006, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:32 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Feb 23, 2007, 9:28 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:32 PM

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