CVE-2017-17843: debian debian_linux
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2017-17843 is a medium (CVSS 5.9) vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 1.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 65.6% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 3Timeline
- 22-12-2017PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
An issue was discovered in Enigmail before 1.9.9 that allows remote attackers to trigger use of an intended public key for encryption, because incorrect regular expressions are used for extraction of an e-mail address from a comma-separated list, as demonstrated by a modified Full Name field and a homograph attack, aka TBE-01-002.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated5.9MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated5.9MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
1.12%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
66%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 1.12% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Debian2 products
- enigmail< 2:1.9.9-1
- debian_linuxEOL8.0 | 9.0
Enigmail1 product
- enigmail< 1.9.9
Ubuntu1 product
- enigmail< 2:1.9.9-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 | < 2:1.9.9-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
3 vendors · 4 products
References
9 links- enigmail.net/download/other/Enigmail%20Pentest%20Report%20by%20Cure53%20-%20Excerpt.pdfX Refsource MISCVendor AdvisoryREPORT
- lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2017/msg00333.htmlX Refsource MISCThird Party AdvisoryREPORT
- www.mail-archive.com/enigmail-users%40enigmail.net/msg04280.htmlX Refsource MISC