DoS from large email
Published Mar 10, 2006
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.99%
Description
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.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
evolution
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
evolution
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | evolution | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | evolution | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.99% (0.01992) | 79.93th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.95% (0.01946) | 77.48th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.88% (0.00877) | 73.70th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.83% (0.01834) | 88.76th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 27, 2024 | 1.83% (0.01834) | 88.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.83% (0.01834) | 86.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 17, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 64.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 40.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (9)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19094 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426452/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16899 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0801 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-0040 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=183680 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25050 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-0040
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-0040
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/19094 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426452/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16899 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0801 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-0040 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=183680 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25050 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-0040 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-0040 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.