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CVE-2006-6290

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-6290 describes multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the IMAP module of MailEnable Professional and Enterprise versions. Authenticated attackers can exploit this by sending a long argument to the EXAMINE or SELECT commands, leading to a denial of service or potentially arbitrary code execution. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.5, indicating a medium severity, and requires network access with low attack complexity and authenticated user privileges. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mailenable:mailenable_enterprise:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mailenable:mailenable_enterprise:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mailenable:mailenable_enterprise:1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mailenable:mailenable_enterprise:1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mailenable:mailenable_enterprise:1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.5MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
8.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.17%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0317 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 21,977 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, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

secunia.com / advisories/23047
secunia.com / advisories/23080
secunia.com / secunia_research/2006-71/advisory
PatchVendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/30614
mailenable.com / hotfix
Patch
securityfocus.com / archive/1/453118/100/100/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/21362
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/4673
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/4778