CVE-2014-5369
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 1.9%EU EUVD
Enigmail 1.7.x before 1.7.2 sends emails in plaintext when encryption is enabled and only BCC recipients are specified, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing the network.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-310
- EPSS score
- 1.9% (80th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-5257)
- Published
- September 8, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-5257 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- enigmail / enigmail
- enigmail / enigmail
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00008.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60779
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60887
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61854
- http://sourceforge.net/p/enigmail/bugs/294/(Patch)
- http://sourceforge.net/p/enigmail/forum/support/thread/3e7268a4/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/18/2(Exploit)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/22/1
- https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0421.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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