CVE-2006-2806

Exp

The SMTP server in Apache Java Mail Enterprise Server (aka Apache James) 2.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a long argument to the MAIL command.

Published: 2006-06-05 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-2806 is rated High Exploit Risk (78.5/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.41%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-2806

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-2806

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 2025-06-29 4.46% 5.41% +0.95%
2 2025-03-30 3.81% 4.46% +0.65%
3 2025-03-29 3.81%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-2806

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
10.0 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-2806

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2006-2806

Solution: "James" is an acronym for the product Java Mail Enterprise Server.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-2806

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apache james 2.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:james:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-2806

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