Vulnerability in K-9 Mail Project

CVE-2019-10741

K-9 Mail v5.600 can include the original quoted HTML code of a specially crafted, benign looking, email within (digitally signed) reply messages. The quoted part can contain conditional statements that show completely different text if opened in a different email client. This can be abused by an attacker to obtain valid S/MIME or PGP signatures for arbitrary content to be displayed to a third party. NOTE: the vendor states "We don't plan to take any action because of this."

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (58.6th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 59th percentile — 58.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2019-10741: held from 0.009 to 0.009.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-10741?
CVE-2019-10741 is a medium-severity vulnerability in K-9 Mail Project, classified under CWE-254. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2019-04-07.
How severe is CVE-2019-10741?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.