CVE-2006-5877
Estado: ModificadaAlta (7.8)—
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.
CVSS
- Versión: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- Puntuación base: 7.8
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 1.73%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 77
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- NVD-CWE-Other
Referencias
- http://bugzilla.mozdev.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9730
- http://enigmail.mozdev.org/changelog.html#enig0.94.2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22684
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-427-1
- http://bugzilla.mozdev.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9730
- http://enigmail.mozdev.org/changelog.html#enig0.94.2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22684
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-427-1
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