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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...

Risk Scores

CVSS Score 5.1 / 10
EPSS Score 2.06%

Top 20% most likely to be exploited

Threat Score 21 / 100

Data Sources

NVD EPSS GitHub