7.8
HIGH
CVE-2006-5877
Thunderbird Enigmail Large Email Attachment Denial of Service
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 23, 2007, 9:28 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 15, 2008, 6:33 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.9

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2006-5877 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Enigmail enigmail
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2006-5877.

URL Resource
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 Patch

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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

1.36 }} 0.08%

score

0.86398

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability