FKIE_CVE-2017-17688

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-05-16 19:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:11
Severity
5.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
The OpenPGP specification allows a Cipher Feedback Mode (CFB) malleability-gadget attack that can indirectly lead to plaintext exfiltration, aka EFAIL. NOTE: third parties report that this is a problem in applications that mishandle the Modification Detection Code (MDC) feature or accept an obsolete packet type, not a problem in the OpenPGP specification
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://flaked.sockpuppet.org/2018/05/16/a-unified-timeline.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104162Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040904Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://efail.deExploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-users/2018-May/060334.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17066419Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://protonmail.com/blog/pgp-vulnerability-efailIssue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://twitter.com/matthew_d_green/status/995996706457243648Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.patreon.com/posts/cybersecurity-15-18814817Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.synology.com/support/security/Synology_SA_18_22Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://flaked.sockpuppet.org/2018/05/16/a-unified-timeline.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104162Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040904Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://efail.deExploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-users/2018-May/060334.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17066419Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://protonmail.com/blog/pgp-vulnerability-efailIssue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://twitter.com/matthew_d_green/status/995996706457243648Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.patreon.com/posts/cybersecurity-15-18814817Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.synology.com/support/security/Synology_SA_18_22Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
apple mail -
apple mail -
bloop airmail -
emclient emclient -
flipdogsolutions maildroid -
freron mailmate -
horde horde_imp -
microsoft outlook 2007
mozilla thunderbird -
postbox-inc postbox -
r2mail2 r2mail2 -
roundcube webmail -
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  "id": "CVE-2017-17688",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T01:11:29.613",
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