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CVE-2006-6290· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the IMAP module (MEIMAPS.EXE) in MailEnable Professional 1.6 through 1.82 and 2.0 through 2.33, and

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the IMAP module (MEIMAPS.EXE) in MailEnable Professional 1.6 through 1.82 and 2.0 through 2.33, and MailEnable Enterprise 1.1 through 1.30 and 2.0 through 2.33 allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the (1) EXAMINE or (2) SELECT command.

MediumCVSS 6.5 · v2.0—No exploit No fix recorded

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Published
Dec 5, 2006
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
3.3% · 88th percentile
CWE
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Action score

27

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
26 / 40 · 6.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 3.3%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
mailenablemailenable enterprise
mailenablemailenable professional

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • mailenable mailenable enterprise1.1
  • mailenable mailenable enterprise1.11
  • mailenable mailenable enterprise1.12
  • mailenable mailenable enterprise1.13
  • mailenable mailenable enterprise1.14
  • mailenable mailenable enterprise1.15
  • mailenable mailenable enterprise1.16
  • mailenable mailenable enterprise1.17
  • mailenable mailenable enterprise1.18
  • mailenable mailenable enterprise1.19
  • mailenable mailenable enterprise1.2
  • mailenable mailenable enterprise1.21
  • mailenable mailenable enterprise1.22
  • mailenable mailenable enterprise1.23
  • mailenable mailenable enterprise1.24
  • mailenable mailenable enterprise1.25
  • mailenable mailenable enterprise1.26
  • mailenable mailenable enterprise1.27
  • mailenable mailenable enterprise1.28
  • mailenable mailenable enterprise1.29

Same product

mailenable: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2006-6423Stack-based buffer overflow in the IMAP service for MailEnable Professional and Enterprise Edition 2.0 through 2.35, Professional Edition 1.
    61This week
  • CVE-2005-1348Buffer overflow in HTTPMail in MailEnable Enterprise 1.04 and earlier and Professional 1.54 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute a
    52Plan
  • CVE-2005-3155Buffer overflow in the W3C logging for MailEnable Enterprise 1.1 and Professional 1.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
    49Plan
  • CVE-2006-6605Stack-based buffer overflow in the POP service in MailEnable Standard 1.98 and earlier; Professional 1.84, and 2.35 and earlier; and Enterpr
    42Plan
  • CVE-2006-6997Unspecified vulnerability in a cryptographic feature in MailEnable Standard Edition before 1.93, Professional Edition before 1.73, and Enter
    41Plan
  • CVE-2006-1792Unspecified vulnerability in the POP service in MailEnable Standard Edition before 1.94, Professional Edition before 1.74, and Enterprise Ed
    41Plan

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
P · data can be read
Integrity
P · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
P · the service can be disrupted
Attack complexity
Low
Confidentiality impact
P
Integrity impact
P
Availability impact
P

Weakness class (CWE)

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CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

nvd-primary

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.

Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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