CVE-2014-8878

medium

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.

References

Advisories
More

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243777

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75986

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/16/10

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=340312

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-09-28

Updated: 2025-04-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.9

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