CVE-2006-0040

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    CVE-2006-0040

    Published: 10 Mar 2006Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/19094, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0801, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426452/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16899, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25050

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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