VDB
CVE-2017-17843
CVE-2017-17843
PUBLISHED
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.
EPSS 0.20% · 42.6th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.20%
42.6th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | enigmail | 2:1.5.2-0ubuntu1, 2:1.8.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, 2:1.9.7-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | enigmail | 0, 2:1.8.2-0ubuntu1, 2:1.8.2-4fakesync1 |
Exploit Intelligence
- https://enigmail.net/download/other/Enigmail%20Pentest%20Report%20by%20Cure53%20-%20Excerpt.pdf (circl)
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2017/msg00333.html (circl)
- https://www.mail-archive.com/enigmail-users%40enigmail.net/msg04280.html (circl)
- [debian-lts-announce] 20171223 [SECURITY] [DLA 1219-1] enigmail security update (circl)
- DSA-4070 (circl)
Timeline
- Dec 22, 2017 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 24, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 27, 2021 EPSS Score
- Feb 28, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 2, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 5, 2022 EPSS Score
- Nov 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jan 8, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17843 third-party-advisory
- https://enigmail.net/download/other/Enigmail%20Pentest%20Report%20by%20Cure53%20-%20Excerpt.pdf third-party-advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2017/msg00333.html third-party-advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4070 third-party-advisory
- https://www.mail-archive.com/enigmail-users@enigmail.net/msg04280.html third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17843 third-party-advisory