CVE-2006-6424
Multiple buffer overflows in Novell NetMail before 3.52e FTF2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code (1) by appending literals to certain IMAP verbs when specifying command continuation requests to IMAPD, resulting in a heap overflow; and (2) via crafted arguments to the STOR command to the Network Messaging Application Protocol (NMAP) daemon, resulting in a stack overflow.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C- EPSS score
- 60.3% (99th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-6407)
- Published
- December 27, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-6407 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- novell / netmail
- novell / netmail
- novell / netmail
- novell / netmail
- novell / netmail
- novell / netmail
- novell / netmail
- novell / netmail
- novell / netmail
- novell / netmail
- novell / netmail
- novell / netmail
- novell / netmail
- novell / netmail
- novell / netmail
- novell / netmail
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23437(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2081
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017437(Patch)
- http://www.cirt.dk/advisories/cirt-48-advisory.txt(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/381161(US Government Resource)
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/912505(US Government Resource)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455201/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455202/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21724
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21725
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5134
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-052.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-053.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- https://secure-support.novell.com/KanisaPlatform/Publishing/134/3096026_f.SAL_Public.html(Patch)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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