KDE K-Mail 1.9.1 input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in KDE K-Mail 1.9.1. Affected is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to input validation. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2006-7139. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in KDE K-Mail 1.9.1 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was shared 03/07/2007 (Website). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-7139 since 03/07/2007. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (29557), Exploit-DB (28816), SecurityFocus (BID 20539†) and Secunia (SA24889†). The entry VDB-35741 is related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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10/16/2006 🔍
03/07/2007 +142 days 🔍
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03/13/2015 +2888 days 🔍
01/20/2025 +3601 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: kde.org

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-7139 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-7139
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-35474
X-Force: 29557 - KDE KMail table and frameset tags denial of service
SecurityFocus: 20539 - KMail HTML Element Handling Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 24889 - SUSE Update for Multiple Packages, Moderately Critical

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

Created: 03/13/2015 12:16
Updated: 01/20/2025 09:18
Changes: 03/13/2015 12:16 (53), 08/26/2018 09:34 (7), 01/20/2025 09:18 (22)
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