CVE-2006-0709 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2006-0709

Buffer overflow in Metamail 2.7-50 allows remote attackers to cause...

Vulnerability Description

Buffer overflow in Metamail 2.7-50 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via e-mail messages with a long boundary attribute, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-0105.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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References

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Affected Vendor

metamail corporation

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Affected Software

metamail
Vulnerable Versions:
2.7.50

Timeline

Official Publish: February 15th, 2006
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.