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CVE-2006-2806

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-2806 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the SMTP server in Apache James 2.2.0. Remote attackers can exploit this by sending a MAIL command with an excessively long argument, leading to high CPU consumption on the server. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.8, indicating high severity due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and complete availability impact. Despite its age and severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:james:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.8HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.26%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0626 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 51,455 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

advisories.echo.or.id / adv/adv31-y3dips-2006.txt
ExploitVendor Advisory
securityreason.com / securityalert/1038
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/26786
securityfocus.com / archive/1/435278/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/18138