CVE-2006-2789

N/A Unknown
Published: June 02, 2006 Modified: April 16, 2026
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Description

Evolution 2.2.x and 2.3.x in GNOME 2.7 and 2.8, when "load images if sender in addressbook" is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (persistent crash) via a crafted "From" header that triggers an assert error in camel-internet-address.c when a null pointer is used.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=309453
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=311440
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:094
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18212
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=309453
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=311440
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:094
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18212
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

8 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.8%
74th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

gnome