CVE-2006-2789

Evolution 2.2.x and 2.3.x in GNOME 2.7 and 2.8, when "load images if sender in addressbook" is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (persistent crash) via a crafted "From" header that triggers an assert error in camel-internet-address.c when a null pointer is used.

Published: 2006-06-02 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-2789 is rated Low Risk (38.1/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.08%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-2789

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-30 2.04% 2.08% +0.04%
2 2026-06-15 0.76% 2.04% +1.28%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.76% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-2789

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.6 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 4.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-2789

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-2789

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2006-2789 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (evolution), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-2789
redhat — — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-2789
ubuntu medium CVE-2006-2789 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (evolution), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): not-affected 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-2789

Vendor comments (NVD) for CVE-2006-2789

  • Red Hat (2006-08-30T00:00:00)

    Not vulnerable. This issue does not affect the versions of Evolution as distributed with Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-2789

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gnome evolution 2.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome evolution 2.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:2.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome evolution 2.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:2.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome evolution 2.3.4 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:2.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome evolution 2.3.5 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:2.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome evolution 2.3.6 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:2.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome evolution 2.3.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:2.3.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome evolution 2.3.7 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:2.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-2789

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