security flaw
Published Feb 15, 2006
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 6.41%
Description
Buffer overflow in Metamail 2.7-50 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via e-mail messages with a long boundary attribute, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-0105.
Affected products
No data.
- 2.7.50
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2006:0217
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2006:0217
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2006:0217
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2006:0217
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2006:0217 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2006:0217 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2006:0217 |
| Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2006:0217 |
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: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 | 6.41% (0.06414) | 93.48th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 6.27% (0.06267) | 92.65th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 7.89% (0.07887) | 91.22th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 9.77% (0.09770) | 88.16th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 7.07% (0.07065) | 90.84th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jan 22, 2025 | 13.78% (0.13783) | 95.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 22.35% (0.22354) | 96.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 13, 2023 | 12.09% (0.12087) | 94.49th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 15.08% (0.15079) | 94.91th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 8.23% (0.08228) | 93.49th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 8.23% (0.08228) | 92.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 8.23% (0.08228) | 82.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (20)
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=352482 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18796 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18987 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19000 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19130 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19226 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19304 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015654 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-995 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200603-16.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_05_sr.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0217.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16611 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0565 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:047 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAPatchVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-0709 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1618013 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24702 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-0709
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-0709
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.