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01 Record

CVE-2014-8878

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.

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: debian
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

02 Description

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.

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
1.21% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 68.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
5.9 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2017-09-27 17:00Z9 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-06 13:33Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2014-11-14
Assigning CNA
debian
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
Data version
5.1
Document digest
c1d20d9e3febe37d43beadb2c73a41045550f0fa00902d513061e23b7054e661

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
kdekmailNot specified—
redhatenterprise_linuxNot specified—

06 References

07 Fixed in

Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS

  • kdepim
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

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