CVE-2006-0040 (GCVE-0-2006-0040)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-03-10 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 16:18
VLAI
Summary
GNOME Evolution 2.4.2.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via a text e-mail with a large number of URLs, possibly due to unknown problems in gtkhtml.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0801 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16899 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426452/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://secunia.com/advisories/19094 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Date Public
2006-03-01 00:00
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