CVE-2006-7139

KMail 1.9.1 - Denial of Service via Malformed HTML Email with Table and Frameset Tags

Title source: llm

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2006-7139. PoCs published by nnp.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a denial-of-service vulnerability in KMail by sending a malformed HTML email with an incomplete TABLE/FRAMESET tag. The vulnerability causes KMail to crash when processing the email.

Description

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED

by nnp · textdoslinux

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/28816

View Code ZIP pw:eip

This exploit demonstrates a denial-of-service vulnerability in KMail by sending a malformed HTML email with an incomplete TABLE/FRAMESET tag. The vulnerability causes KMail to crash when processing the email.

Classification

Working Poc 90%

Attack Type

Dos

Complexity

Trivial

Reliability

Reliable

Target: KMail 1.9.1 and prior versions

No auth needed

Prerequisites: Ability to send an email to a target using KMail

MITRE ATT&CK