CVE-2006-5877

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    CVE-2006-5877

    Published: 23 Feb 2007Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: 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

    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
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