CVE-2006-0709

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-0709
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-02-15 11:06:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionBuffer 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

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

EPSS: 0.062670000 probability, percentile 0.928290000 (date 2026-07-22)

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Metamail Corporation Metamail 2.7.50 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Metamail Message Processing Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Patch
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Metamail: Buffer overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
#352482 - metamail: [CVE-2006-0709] crashes with very long boundaries in messages - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org
Metamail Mail Boundary Handling Buffer Overflow - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Mandriva update for metamail - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Debian update for metamail - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Red Hat update for metamail - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Advisories - Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wwwnew.mandriva.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
SUSE Updates for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Metamail Buffer Overflow Lets Remote Users Deny Service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-995-1 metamail af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Secunia - Advisories - Gentoo update for metamail af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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