MEDIUM
security flaw
Published Jun 7, 2006
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 5.27%
Description
Sendmail before 8.13.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via deeply nested, malformed multipart MIME messages that exhaust the stack during the recursive mime8to7 function for performing 8-bit to 7-bit conversion, which prevents Sendmail from delivering queued messages and might lead to disk consumption by core dump files.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- ≤ 8.13.6
- 8.8.8
- 8.9.0
- 8.9.1
- 8.9.2
- 8.9.3
- 8.10
- 8.10.1
- 8.10.2
- 8.11.0
- 8.11.1
- 8.11.2
- 8.11.3
- 8.11.4
- 8.11.5
- 8.11.6
- 8.11.7
- 8.12
- 8.12
- 8.12
- 8.12
- 8.12
- 8.12.0
- 8.12.1
- 8.12.2
- 8.12.3
- 8.12.4
- 8.12.5
- 8.12.6
- 8.12.7
- 8.12.8
- 8.12.9
- 8.12.10
- 8.12.11
- 8.13.0
- 8.13.1
- 8.13.1.2
- 8.13.2
- 8.13.3
- 8.13.4
- 8.13.5
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
sendmail-0:8.12.11-4.RHEL3.6
Fixed · RHSA-2006:0515
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
sendmail-0:8.13.1-3.RHEL4.5
Fixed · RHSA-2006:0515
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | sendmail-0:8.12.11-4.RHEL3.6 | Fixed | RHSA-2006:0515 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | sendmail-0:8.13.1-3.RHEL4.5 | Fixed | RHSA-2006:0515 |
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.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
5.27% 0.05273
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.05273
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 (18 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 5.27% (0.05273) | 92.30th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 5.08% (0.05078) | 91.21th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 21.46% (0.21456) | 95.52th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 25.25% (0.25248) | 96.03th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 28, 2025 | 21.46% (0.21456) | 95.45th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 27, 2025 | 25.25% (0.25248) | 95.95th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 1, 2025 | 21.46% (0.21456) | 95.55th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 30, 2025 | 25.25% (0.25248) | 95.96th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 21.90% (0.21900) | 95.30th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 14.93% (0.14933) | 95.79th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 34.94% (0.34944) | 96.64th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 3, 2023 | 27.96% (0.27962) | 96.22th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 19, 2023 | 32.10% (0.32096) | 96.37th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 11, 2023 | 29.50% (0.29497) | 96.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 31.38% (0.31379) | 96.25th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 88.02th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 86.83th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 70.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (60)
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Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner certcc
Published Jun 7, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Mar 12, 2006
Link CVE-2006-1173
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a