7.5

CVE-2018-12019: enigmail

CVSS: 7.5v3.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2018-12019DEBIAN-CVE-2018-12019
Published 13-06-2018Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-12019 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in enigmail. EPSS estimates a 2.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81.7% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
40/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.14%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 2
MGASA-2018-0316MGASA-2018-0321MGASA-2018-0354OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10736-1SUSE-SU-2018:2243-1

Timeline

  1. 13-06-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The signature verification routine in Enigmail before 2.0.7 interprets user ids as status/control messages and does not correctly keep track of the status of multiple signatures, which allows remote attackers to spoof arbitrary email signatures via public keys containing crafted primary user ids.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.14%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

82%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.14% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
2.14%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (enigmail.net)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • enigmail< 2:2.0.7-1
Enigmail1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • enigmailAll versions (No fix recorded)

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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