CVE-2006-0538
Status: ModifiedLow (2.6)—
CipherTrust IronMail 5.0.1, when "Denial of Service Protection" is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (possibly CPU consumption) via a SYN flood with malformed TCP packets from multiple connections.
CVSS
- Version: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Base score: 2.6
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 2.09%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 81
- Score date: 10/6/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (1)
CWEs
- NVD-CWE-Other
References
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/407
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015555
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/423898/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16465
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24445
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/407
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015555
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/423898/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16465
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24445
Raw JSON (NVD)
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