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    CVE-2006-0040

    GNOME Evolution 2.4.2.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via a text e-mail with a large number of URLs, possibly due to unknown problems in gtkhtml.

    Published:Mar 1, 2006
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:Mar 10, 2006
    EPSS Score:0.00531
    CVSS Score:5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Gnome
    Product
    Evolution

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
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    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High