CVE-2017-17848

7.5 HIGH
Published: December 27, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026
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Description

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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152703/Johnny-You-Are-Fired.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Apr/38
Source: cve@mitre.org
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/04/30/4
Source: cve@mitre.org
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/RUB-NDS/Johnny-You-Are-Fired
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://github.com/RUB-NDS/Johnny-You-Are-Fired/blob/master/paper/johnny-fired.pdf
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00021.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2017/msg00333.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://sourceforge.net/p/enigmail/bugs/709/
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4070
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152703/Johnny-You-Are-Fired.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Apr/38
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/04/30/4
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/RUB-NDS/Johnny-You-Are-Fired
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://github.com/RUB-NDS/Johnny-You-Are-Fired/blob/master/paper/johnny-fired.pdf
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00021.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2017/msg00333.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://sourceforge.net/p/enigmail/bugs/709/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4070
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory

18 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
7.5 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.8%
76th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-347

Affected Vendors

debian enigmail

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