Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5 Address Book denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Address Book. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2006-0836. In addition, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5 (Mail Client Software). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component Address Book. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5 allows user-assisted attackers to cause an unspecified denial of service by tricking the user into importing an LDIF file with a long field into the address book, as demonstrated by a long homePhone field.

The weakness was presented 02/21/2006 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-0836 since 02/22/2006. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as highly functional. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $5k-$25k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (24810), Exploit-DB (27246) and SecurityFocus (BID 16716†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.6

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
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Timelineinfo

02/17/2006 🔍
02/21/2006 +4 days 🔍
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02/22/2006 +1 days 🔍
03/12/2015 +3305 days 🔍
01/25/2025 +3607 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-0836 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-0836
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-28843
X-Force: 24810 - Mozilla Thunderbird address book denial of service
SecurityFocus: 16716 - Mozilla Thunderbird Address Book Import Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 11:11
Updated: 01/25/2025 21:55
Changes: 03/12/2015 11:11 (48), 07/19/2018 10:42 (6), 01/25/2025 21:55 (20)
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