CVE-2017-17844
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.24%
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.
How to fix CVE-2017-17844
To remediate CVE-2017-17844, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2:1.9.9-1 or later
Is CVE-2017-17844 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2:1.9.9-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |