CVE-2006-0236

Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2, 1.0.6, 1.0.7 - Remote Code Execution via Filename Truncation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (8)

Core 8
Core References
Patch vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16271
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:021
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24164
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-22/advisory
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/422148/100/0/threaded
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=300246
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0230
Patch, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/15907

Scores

EPSS 0.0201
EPSS Percentile 78.5%

Details

CWE
CWE-94
Status published
Products (7)
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 beta2
Published Jan 18, 2006
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026