CVE-2006-7250 Null dereference in n/a

What is CVE-2006-7250?

CVE-2006-7250 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openssl Openssl, published on 29 Feb 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The mime_hdr_cmp function in crypto/asn1/asn_mime.c in OpenSSL 0.9.8t and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted S/MIME message.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-7250?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Openssl Openssl.

How do I fix CVE-2006-7250?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2006-7250 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-7250 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Openssl Openssl

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• CVE-2006-3738 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2026-63073 Untrusted Sender DN Used as Format String in CMP Response Validation Critical 9.8
• CVE-2016-6309 Use after free in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2016-0799 Integer overflow in n/a Critical 9.8

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2006-7250, GHSA-jcg3-jcx7-j7xf.