CVE-2006-7139

Public exploit code

Working exploit or proof of concept code has been published for this vulnerability. Treat unpatched systems as at risk.

• KMail 1.x - HTML Element Handling Denial of Service2006-10-16 · dos · linux · Verified

Impact

Kmail 1.9.1 on KDE 3.5.2, with "Prefer HTML to Plain Text" enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an HTML e-mail with certain table and frameset tags that trigger a segmentation fault, possibly involving invalid free or delete operations.

Affected products

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-10/0293.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24889
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2347
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_6_sr.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448766/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448768/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20539
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29557
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-10/0293.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24889
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2347
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_6_sr.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448766/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448768/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20539
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29557