CVE-2006-5877

Published: Feb 23, 2007Modified: Apr 23, 2026

7.8

Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 6.9

Source: NVD

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 (1)

Products: Enigmail: Enigmail

Enigmail

1 product

Enigmail

Configuration A

1 vulnerable · 3 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Enigmail Enigmail	Up to 0.92.0

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux	Up to 5.10
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux	Up to 6.06_lts
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux	Up to 6.10

References (8)

http://bugzilla.mozdev.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9730

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://enigmail.mozdev.org/changelog.html#enig0.94.2

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22684

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-427-1

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

http://bugzilla.mozdev.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9730

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://enigmail.mozdev.org/changelog.html#enig0.94.2

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22684

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-427-1

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Patch

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