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CVE-2006-6505

Published: Dec 20, 2006 | Modified: Apr 09, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
6.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-6505
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in Mozilla Thunderbird before 1.5.0.9 and SeaMonkey before 1.0.7 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) external message modies with long Content-Type headers or (2) long RFC2047-encoded (MIME non-ASCII) headers.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
SeamonkeyMozilla*1.0.6 (including)
ThunderbirdMozilla*1.5.0.8 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1RedHatseamonkey-0:1.0.7-0.1.el2*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3RedHatseamonkey-0:1.0.7-0.1.el3*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4RedHatdevhelp-0:0.10-0.6.el4*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4RedHatseamonkey-0:1.0.7-0.1.el4*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4RedHatthunderbird-0:1.5.0.9-0.1.el4*
Mozilla-thunderbirdUbuntudapper*
Mozilla-thunderbirdUbuntuedgy*
Mozilla-thunderbirdUbuntufeisty*

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