GUI display truncation vulnerability in Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2, 1.0.6, and 1.0.7 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via an attachment with a filename containing a large number of spaces ending with a dangerous extension that is not displayed by Thunderbird, along with an inconsistent Content-Type header, which could be used to trick a user into downloading dangerous content by dragging or saving the attachment
Published Jan 18, 2006
5.1
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.06%
Description
GUI display truncation vulnerability in Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2, 1.0.6, and 1.0.7 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via an attachment with a filename containing a large number of spaces ending with a dangerous extension that is not displayed by Thunderbird, along with an inconsistent Content-Type header, which could be used to trick a user into downloading dangerous content by dragging or saving the attachment.
Affected products
No data.
- 1.0
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.2
- 1.0.5
- 1.0.6
- 1.0.7
- 1.5
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. We verified that this issue does not affect Linux versions of Thunderbird.
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:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/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 (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.06% (0.02057) | 80.59th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.01% (0.02009) | 78.24th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.36% (0.01361) | 78.38th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 2.55% (0.02548) | 75.75th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.36% (0.01361) | 78.85th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 0.97% (0.00965) | 83.12th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 30, 2023 | 2.01% (0.02006) | 87.36th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 12, 2023 | 1.63% (0.01633) | 85.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.46% (0.01457) | 84.62th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.43% (0.03425) | 84.67th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.43% (0.03425) | 83.11th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.43% (0.03425) | 66.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (11)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/15907 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-22/advisory x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:021 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/422148/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16271 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0230 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-0236 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=300246 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24164 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-0236
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-0236
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/15907 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-22/advisory | x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:021 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/422148/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16271 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0230 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-0236 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=300246 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24164 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-0236 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-0236 |
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