CVE-2006-7139 : Kmail 1.9.1 on KDE 3.5.2, with "Prefer HTML to Plain Text" enabled, allows remot

Kmail 1.9.1 on KDE 3.5.2, with "Prefer HTML to Plain Text" enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an HTML e-mail with certain table and frameset tags that trigger a segmentation fault, possibly involving invalid free or delete operations.

Published 2007-03-07 20:19:00

Updated 2018-10-16 16:29:33

Source MITRE

View at NVD, CVE.org

Vulnerability category: Memory CorruptionInput validationDenial of service

Products affected by CVE-2006-7139

KDE » K-mail » Version: 1.9.1
cpe:2.3:a:kde:k-mail:1.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Matching versions
When used together with: KDE » KDE » Version: 3.5.2

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-7139

EPSS FAQ

3.24%

Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History

~ 90 %

Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2006-7139

Base Score	Base Severity	CVSS Vector	Exploitability Score	Impact Score	Score Source	First Seen
2.6	LOW	AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P	4.9	2.9	NIST
Access Vector: Network Access Complexity: High Authentication: None Confidentiality Impact: None Integrity Impact: None Availability Impact: Partial

CWE ids for CVE-2006-7139

CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Vendor statements for CVE-2006-7139

Red Hat 2007-03-08

Not vulnerable. Our testing found that this issue did not affect the versions of Kmail as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, or 4.

References for CVE-2006-7139