CVE-2006-7250: openssl
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2006-7250 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in openssl. EPSS estimates a 6.74% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93.9% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 5, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 3Timeline
- 29-02-2012PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The mime_hdr_cmp function in crypto/asn1/asn_mime.c in OpenSSL 0.9.8t and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted S/MIME message.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
6.74%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
94%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
Decrease -0.25 pp
From 6.99% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Debian1 product
- openssl< 1.0.0h-1
Openssl1 product
- opensslEOL≤ 0.9.8t | 0.9.1c | 0.9.2b | 0.9.3 | 0.9.3a | 0.9.4 | 0.9.5 | 0.9.5:beta1 | 0.9.5:beta2 | 0.9.5a | 0.9.5a:beta1 | 0.9.5a:beta2 | 0.9.6 | 0.9.6:beta1 | 0.9.6:beta2 | 0.9.6:beta3 | 0.9.6a | 0.9.6a:beta1 | 0.9.6a:beta2 | 0.9.6a:beta3 | 0.9.6b | 0.9.6c | 0.9.6d | 0.9.6e | 0.9.6f | 0.9.6g | 0.9.6h | 0.9.6i | 0.9.6j | 0.9.6k | 0.9.6l | 0.9.6m | 0.9.7 | 0.9.7:beta1 | 0.9.7:beta2 | 0.9.7:beta3 | 0.9.7:beta4 | 0.9.7:beta5 | 0.9.7:beta6 | 0.9.7a | 0.9.7b | 0.9.7c | 0.9.7d | 0.9.7e | 0.9.7f | 0.9.7g | 0.9.7h | 0.9.7i | 0.9.7j | 0.9.7k | 0.9.7l | 0.9.7m | 0.9.8 | 0.9.8a | 0.9.8b | 0.9.8c | 0.9.8d | 0.9.8e | 0.9.8f | 0.9.8g | 0.9.8h | 0.9.8i | 0.9.8j | 0.9.8k | 0.9.8l | 0.9.8m | 0.9.8m:beta1 | 0.9.8n | 0.9.8o | 0.9.8p | 0.9.8q | 0.9.8r | 0.9.8s
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