CVE-2006-0058

Summary

CVECVE-2006-0058
StatePUBLISHED
Assignercertcc
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-03-22 20:06:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionSignal handler race condition in Sendmail 8.13.x before 8.13.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by triggering timeouts in a way that causes the setjmp and longjmp function calls to be interrupted and modify unexpected memory locations.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.6 from [email protected]

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

EPSS: 0.589900000 probability, percentile 0.982320000 (date 2026-04-18)

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.13.0 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.13.1 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.13.2 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.13.3 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.13.4 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.13.5 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

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