CVE-2006-0836 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5 allows user-assisted attackers to cause an unspecified denial of service by tricking the user into importing an LDIF file with a long field into the address book, as demonstrated by a long homePhone field.

Published: 2006-02-22

Score: 2.6 Low

EPSS: 4.9% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-0842	Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5 allows user-assisted attackers to cause an unspecified denial of service by tricking the user into importing an LDIF file with a long field into the address book, as demonstrated by a long homePhone field.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.04887.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-02/0399.html
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/469
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425602/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16716
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24810

History

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Subscriptions

Mozilla Thunderbird

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-02-22T02:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T16:48:56.493Z

Reserved: 2006-02-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-0836

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-02-22T02:02:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2006-0836

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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