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UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8878 (CVE-2014-8878)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2017-09-28 01:29 – Updated: 2026-04-22 07:37 – Source website

Details

KDE KMail does not encrypt attachments in emails when "automatic encryption" is enabled, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing the network.

Severity

5.9 (Medium)


                    
                      CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8878	REPORT
	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/15/5	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-8878	REPORT

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CVE-2014-8878 (GCVE-0-2014-8878)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-09-27 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 13:33

Summary

KDE KMail does not encrypt attachments in emails when "automatic encryption" is enabled, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing the network.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

debian CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard – unranked: 2 records in the last 180 days, 10 needed details

References

4 references

URL	Tags
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https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=340312	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243777	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/0…	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST

Date Public

2015-07-16 00:00

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