5.9

CVE-2017-17843: debian debian_linux

CVSS: 5.9v3.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2017-17843DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17843
Published 22-12-2017Last modified 05-08-2024

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.

Overall risk
24/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.9/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.12%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3

Timeline

  1. 22-12-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last 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

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

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.12%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Debian2 products
Enigmail1 product
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