CVE-2006-0528
The cairo library (libcairo), as used in GNOME Evolution and possibly other products, allows...
CVE-2006-0528 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Gnome Evolution, published February 2, 2006. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 11.0%, the 95th percentile. Fixed in evolution 2.2.3-4.
The cairo library (libcairo), as used in GNOME Evolution and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (persistent client crash) via an attached text file that contains "Content-Disposition: inline" in the header, and a very long line in the body, which causes the client to repeatedly crash until the e-mail message is manually removed, possibly due to a buffer overflow, as demonstrated using an XML attachment.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
5.0
The cairo library (libcairo), as used in GNOME Evolution and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (persistent client crash) via an attached text file that contains "Content-Disposition: inline" in the header, and a very long line in the body, which causes the client to repeatedly crash until the e-mail message is manually removed, possibly due to a buffer overflow, as demonstrated using an XML attachment.
- Record
CVE-2006-0528- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The cairo library (libcairo), as used in GNOME Evolution and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (persistent client crash) via an attached text file that contains "Content-Disposition: inline" in the header, and a very long line in the body, which causes the client to repeatedly crash until the e-mail message is manually removed, possibly due to a buffer overflow, as demonstrated using an XML attachment.
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CVE-2006-0528- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2006-0535 No score
The cairo library (libcairo), as used in GNOME Evolution and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (persistent client crash) via an attached text file that contains "Content-Disposition: inline" in the header, and a very long line in the body, which causes the client to repeatedly crash until the e-mail message is manually removed, possibly due to a buffer overflow, as demonstrated using an XML attachment.
- Record
EUVD-2006-0535- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4rxr-6q7p-q23g No score
The cairo library (libcairo), as used in GNOME Evolution and possibly other products, allows...
The cairo library (libcairo), as used in GNOME Evolution and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (persistent client crash) via an attached text file that contains "Content-Disposition: inline" in the header, and a very long line in the body, which causes the client to repeatedly crash until the e-mail message is manually removed, possibly due to a buffer overflow, as demonstrated using an XML attachment.
- Record
GHSA-4rxr-6q7p-q23g- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV No score
The cairo library (libcairo), as used in GNOME Evolution and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (persistent client crash) via an attached text file that contains "Content-Disposition: inline" in the header, and a very long line in the body, which causes the client to repeatedly crash until the e-mail message is manually removed, possibly due to a buffer overflow, as demonstrated using an XML attachment.
- Record
CVE-2006-0528- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2006-0528 No score
The cairo library (libcairo), as used in GNOME Evolution and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (persistent client crash) via an attached text file that contains "Content-Disposition: inline" in the header, and a very long line in the body, which causes the client to repeatedly crash until the e-mail message is manually removed, possibly due to a buffer overflow, as demonstrated using an XML attachment.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2006-0528- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10671-1 No score
cairo-devel-1.16.0-3.14 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the cairo-devel-1.16.0-3.14 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10671-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | GNOME Evolution 2.2.3/2.3.x - Inline XML File Attachment Buffer Overflow | 2006-01-28 |
History
| When | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-03 | aliases | EUVD |
| 2026-11-02 | created | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
References
securityfocus.com/bid/16408
usn.ubuntu.com/265-1
novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_07_sr.html
securityreason.com/securityalert/610
mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:057
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-01/0925.html