CVE-2006-7139

Public Exploit

Description

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.

Category

2.6
CVSS
Severity: Low
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 8.16% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/24889 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448766/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_6_sr.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448768/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20539 vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29557 vdb entry
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-10/0293.html mailing list exploit
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2347 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-7139?
CVE-2006-7139 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-7139?
To fix CVE-2006-7139, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-7139 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2006-7139 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~8% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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