CVE-2006-0709 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in Metamail 2.7-50, affecting Metamail Corporation's Metamail software. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code by sending specially crafted email messages with an excessively long boundary attribute. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered high severity, requiring no authentication and low attack complexity, with potential impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.7.50CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:metamail_corporation:metamail:2.7.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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