CVE-2006-5877

N/A Unknown
Published: February 23, 2007 Modified: April 23, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://bugzilla.mozdev.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9730
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://enigmail.mozdev.org/changelog.html#enig0.94.2
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22684
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-427-1
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
http://bugzilla.mozdev.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9730
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://enigmail.mozdev.org/changelog.html#enig0.94.2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22684
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-427-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch

8 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.8%
75th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

enigmail ubuntu