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CVE-2006-1045 json

The HTML rendering engine in Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5, when "Block loading of remote images in mail messages" is enabled, does not properly…

published 2006-03-07 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-1049

cvss
2.6
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.0%
EPSS 5.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

The HTML rendering engine in Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5, when "Block loading of remote images in mail messages" is enabled, does not properly block external images from inline HTML attachments, which could allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information, such as application version or IP address, when the user reads the email and the external image is accessed.

Patch / fix

  • thunderbird Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.5.0.2-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2006-1045

  • thunderbird RHEL 4 1.0.8-1.4.1

red hat advisories RHSA-2006:0330

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2006-1045 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 thunderbird 1.0.8-1.4.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 thunderbird 1.0.8-1.4.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 thunderbird 1.0.8-1.4.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 thunderbird 1.0.8-1.4.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0330

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-27337)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

4.97% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-27337 Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5 - Multiple Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities webapps, 2006-02-28
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426347 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 2.6 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

References

Sources

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