CVE-2006-5877

high

Description

The enigmail extension before 0.94.2 does not properly handle large, encrypted file e-mail attachments, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash), as demonstrated with Mozilla Thunderbird.

References

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2006-5861

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-427-1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22684

http://enigmail.mozdev.org/changelog.html#enig0.94.2

http://bugzilla.mozdev.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9730

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2007-02-23

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H