UnratedFix available
evolution — security advisory
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.
- Products
- evolution
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 2.4.0-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2006-2789
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 20:11 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2006-2789
evolution
Fixed versions: 2.4.0-1
evolution
Fixed versions: 2.4.0-1
evolution
Fixed versions: 2.4.0-1
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-22T23:47:22.442554792Z",
"provider": "osv",
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"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 410354,
"published_at": "2006-06-02T22:02:00+00:00"
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