VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-17844

CVSS score6.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.35%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-12-27
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Description

An issue was discovered in Enigmail before 1.9.9. A remote attacker can obtain cleartext content by sending an encrypted data block (that the attacker cannot directly decrypt) to a victim, and relying on the victim to automatically decrypt that block and then send it back to the attacker as quoted text, aka the TBE-01-005 "replay" issue.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-319: Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

Primary references