CVE-2017-17848

Published Dec 22, 2017 CVSS 3.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 1.8% KEV · Not listed
Description
An issue was discovered in Enigmail before 1.9.9. In a variant of CVE-2017-17847, signature spoofing is possible for multipart/related messages because a signed message part can be referenced with a cid: URI but not actually displayed. In other words, the entire containing message appears to be signed, but the recipient does not see any of the signed text.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1219-1 enigmail security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-8995 An issue was discovered in Enigmail before 1.9.9. In a variant of CVE-2017-17847, signature spoofing is possible for multipart/related messages because a signed message part can be referenced with a cid: URI but not actually displayed. In other words, the entire containing message appears to be signed, but the recipient does not see any of the signed text.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 9:06 PM
Reserved
Dec 22, 2017, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 27, 2017, 5:08 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:11 AM