CVE-2006-7139 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Kmail by sending crafted HTML emails when HTML preference is enabled, requiring user interaction to view the message.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2006-7139?
CVE-2006-7139 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 7 Mar 2007. 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
Kmail 1.9.1 on KDE 3.5.2, with "Prefer HTML to Plain Text" enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an HTML e-mail with certain table and frameset tags that trigger a segmentation fault, possibly involving invalid free or delete operations.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-7139?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Kde K-Mail.
How do I fix CVE-2006-7139?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-7139 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2006-7139 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-7139 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-77x8-c69r-6pp3.