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TI-2006-06880 Aliases CVE-2006-7139GHSA-77x8-c69r-6pp3

Kmail 1.9.1 on KDE 3.5.2, with "Prefer HTML to Plain Text" enabled, allows remote…

Priority LOW 19CWE-20Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Partial
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.03128 87th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.5.2Running onKDE
cpe:2.3:a:kde:k-mail:1.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.9.1VulnerableKDE
  • cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.5.2 Running on ·KDE
  • cpe:2.3:a:kde:k-mail:1.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.9.1 Vulnerable ·KDE

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2006-7139
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-77x8-c69r-6pp3

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 2

  • TI-2007-01228 KMail 1.9.5 and earlier does not properly use the --status-fd argument when invoking… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2000-00481 Buffer overflow in KDE Kmail allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via an… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
  • TI-2002-00331 Kmail 1.2 on KDE 2.1.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
  • TI-1999-00685 KDE K-Mail allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack in temporary user directories. CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.6

Sources

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