CVE-2006-0709

HIGH 7.5CVE-2006-0709 · Published 15/02/2006 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2006-0709 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting metamail (metamail corporation).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 6.4%, higher than 93.7% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
metamail metamail_corporation	`= 2.7.50`	No fix yet

Description

Buffer 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.

References

bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
secunia.com/advisories/18796 · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/18987 · Patch
secunia.com/advisories/19000 · Patch
secunia.com/advisories/19130
secunia.com/advisories/19226
secunia.com/advisories/19304
securitytracker.com/id
debian.org/security/2006/dsa-995
gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200603-16.xml
novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_05_sr.html
redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0217.html · Patch
securityfocus.com/bid/16611 · Exploit
vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0565
wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories

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