CVE-2006-0040

GNOME Evolution 2.4.2.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via a text e-mail with a large number of URLs, possibly due to unknown problems in gtkhtml.

CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

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

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/19094
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426452/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16899
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0801
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25050
http://secunia.com/advisories/19094
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426452/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16899
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0801
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25050

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:2.4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2006-03-10 01:02

Updated : 2025-04-03 01:03

NVD link : CVE-2006-0040

Mitre link : CVE-2006-0040

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2006-0040

JSON object : View

Products Affected

gnome

evolution

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

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