Name: CVE-2017-17848: Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2017-12-27T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2017-17848, CWE-347, CVSS 7.5, EPSS 0.01843

An issue was discovered in Enigmail before 1.9.9. In a variant of CVE-2017-17847, signature spoofing is possible for multipart/related messages because a signed message part can be referenced with a cid: URI but not actually displayed. In other words, the entire containing message appears to be signed, but the recipient does not see any of the signed text.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 7.5
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade enigmail	Feb 25, 2019	Dec 27, 2017
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade enigmail	Nov 19, 2024	Dec 27, 2017

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CVSS Details

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