CVE-2006-6291

N/A Unknown
Published: December 05, 2006 Modified: April 23, 2026
View on NVD

Description

Stack overflow in the IMAP module (MEIMAPS.EXE) in MailEnable Professional 1.6 through 1.83 and 2.0 through 2.33, and MailEnable Enterprise 1.1 through 1.40 and 2.0 through 2.33, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long argument containing * (asterisk) and ? (question mark) characters to the DELETE command, as addressed by the ME-10020 hotfix.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23080
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-71/advisory/
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017276
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017319
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.mailenable.com/hotfix/
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453118/100/100/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21362
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4778
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30614
Source: cve@mitre.org
VDB Entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/23080
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-71/advisory/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017276
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017319
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.mailenable.com/hotfix/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453118/100/100/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21362
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4778
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30614
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
VDB Entry

18 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.5%
81th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-119

Affected Vendors

mailenable

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