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CVE-2006-6940

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2007-01-17 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in the ParseHeader function in clsOWA.cls in POP3/SMTP to OWA (pop2owa) 1.1.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long header in an e-mail message.

Affected products

• Owa: 1.1.3

References

• http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=473941&group_id=152204
• http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1621688&group_id=152204&atid=783596
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0160
• http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=473941&group_id=152204
• http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1621688&group_id=152204&atid=783596
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0160

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