CVE-2006-2789 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Evolution 2.2.x and 2.3.x within GNOME 2.7 and 2.8. When the "load images if sender in addressbook" option is enabled, a remote attacker can send a specially crafted email with a malformed "From" header, causing a persistent crash due to a null pointer dereference. This vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 2.6, indicating a network-based attack with high complexity and only a partial impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:2.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:2.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.3.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:2.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.3.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:2.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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