CVE-2006-0236 Other in n/a

What is CVE-2006-0236?

CVE-2006-0236 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Thunderbird, published on 18 Jan 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-94

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-0236?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mozilla Thunderbird.

How do I fix CVE-2006-0236?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-0236 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2006-0236 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-0236 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2019-11704 Memory corruption in Thunderbird Critical 9.8

All Mozilla Thunderbird vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-3982-g3vq-hhj6.