PT-2007-1417 · Kde · Kmail

Nnp · Published 2007-03-07 · Updated 2018-10-16 · CVE-2006-7139

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.6

Low

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Kmail version 1.9.1

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a crash, via an HTML e-mail containing certain table and frameset tags. This could potentially trigger a segmentation fault, possibly due to invalid free or delete operations, when the "Prefer HTML to Plain Text" option is enabled.

Recommendations For Kmail version 1.9.1, consider disabling the "Prefer HTML to Plain Text" option as a temporary workaround to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-7139

Affected Products

Kmail

References · 10

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/28816 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-10/0293.html · Exploit
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24889 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-7139 · Security Note
• http://novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_6_sr.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/448766/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/20539 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/448768/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2347 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29557 · Note