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Vulnerability record · CVE-2006-0058 · published 22 March 2006

CVE-2006-0058: Sendmail vulnerability

Sendmail · Sendmail

Signal handler race condition in Sendmail 8.13.x before 8.13.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by triggering timeouts in a way that causes the setjmp and longjmp function calls to be interrupted and modify unexpected memory locations.

7.6 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 29% · top 1.9%
7.6CVSS 2.0 base score
29%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
148References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Signal handler race condition in Sendmail 8.13.x before 8.13.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by triggering timeouts in a way that causes the setjmp and longjmp function calls to be interrupted and modify unexpected memory locations.

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:13.sendmail.asc
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2006-010.txt.asc
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2006.24/SCOSA-2006.24.txt
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060302-01-P
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060401-01-U
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c00629555
http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=c00692635
http://secunia.com/advisories/19342
http://secunia.com/advisories/19345
http://secunia.com/advisories/19346
http://secunia.com/advisories/19349
http://secunia.com/advisories/19356
http://secunia.com/advisories/19360
http://secunia.com/advisories/19361
http://secunia.com/advisories/19363
http://secunia.com/advisories/19367
http://secunia.com/advisories/19368
http://secunia.com/advisories/19394
http://secunia.com/advisories/19404
http://secunia.com/advisories/19407
http://secunia.com/advisories/19450
http://secunia.com/advisories/19466
http://secunia.com/advisories/19532
http://secunia.com/advisories/19533
http://secunia.com/advisories/19676
http://secunia.com/advisories/19774
http://secunia.com/advisories/20243
http://secunia.com/advisories/20723
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/612
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/743
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015801
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.619600
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102262-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102324-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200494-1
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-074.htm
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-078.htm
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY82992&apar=only
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY82993&apar=only
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY82994&apar=only

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2006-0058), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.