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CVE-2006-2806

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 6.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2006-06-05 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The SMTP server in Apache Java Mail Enterprise Server (aka Apache James) 2.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a long argument to the MAIL command.

Affected products

• Apache Software Foundation Apache James: 2.2.0

References

• http://advisories.echo.or.id/adv/adv31-y3dips-2006.txt
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1038
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435278/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18138
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26786
• http://advisories.echo.or.id/adv/adv31-y3dips-2006.txt
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1038
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435278/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18138
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26786

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