2.6

CVE-2006-2920: sylpheed-claws Improper Input Validation

CVSS: 2.6v2.0LowModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2006-2920
Published 09-06-2006Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2006-2920 is a low (CVSS 2.6) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in sylpheed-claws. EPSS estimates a 1.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 72.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
11/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
2.6/10
010
Low · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.44%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 09-06-2006
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Sylpheed-Claws before 2.2.2 and Sylpheed before 2.2.6 allow remote attackers to bypass the URI check functionality and makes it easier to conduct phishing attacks via a URI that begins with a space character.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.44%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

73%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.44% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
1.44%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • sylpheed< 2.2.6-1
Sylpheed1 product
  • sylpheed≤ 2.2.5 | 2.0 | 2.0.1 | 2.0.2 | 2.0.3 | 2.1 | 2.1.1 | 2.1.2 | 2.1.3 | 2.1.4 | 2.1.5
Sylpheed-claws1 product

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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