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CVE-2006-0236
GUI display truncation vulnerability in Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2, 1.0.6, and 1.0.7 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via an attachment with a filename containing a large number of spaces ending with a dangerous extension that is not displayed by Thunderbird, along with an inconsistent Content-Type header, which could be used to trick a user into downloading dangerous content by dragging or saving the attachment.
Published: Jan 18, 2006
Modified: Jun 16, 2026
CWE-94
CVSS Metrics
Affected Products (7)
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|---|---|
| mozilla | thunderbird | 1.0 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | 1.0.1 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | 1.0.2 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | 1.0.5 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | 1.0.6 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | 1.0.7 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | 1.5 |
GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-3982-g3vq-hhj6
GUI display truncation vulnerability in Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2, 1.0.6, and 1.0.7 allows user...
References (16)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/15907 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-22/advisory Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:021
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/422148/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16271 Patch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0230 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=300246
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24164
- http://secunia.com/advisories/15907 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-22/advisory Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:021
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/422148/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16271 Patch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0230 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=300246
Risk Scores
CVSS Score
5.1 / 10
EPSS Score
2.06%
Top 20% most likely to be exploited
Threat Score
21 / 100
Data Sources
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EPSS
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