What is CVE-2018-3988?

CVE-2018-3988 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Signal Private_messenger, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2018-12-10.

How severe is CVE-2018-3988?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Signal Private_messenger

CVE-2018-3988

Signal Messenger for Android 4.24.8 may expose private information when using "disappearing messages." If a user uses the photo feature available in the "attach file" menu, then Signal will leave the picture in its own cache directory, whi…

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.005 (39.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Signal Private_messenger — versions 4.24.8
N/a Signal — versions Signal Messenger Android 4.24.8

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

talos-cna@cisco.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link, x_refsource_BID)
talos-cna@cisco.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-3988?: CVE-2018-3988 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Signal Private_messenger, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2018-12-10.
How severe is CVE-2018-3988?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.