What is CVE-2019-12269?

CVE-2019-12269 is a high-severity vulnerability in Enigmail, classified under Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-05-21.

How severe is CVE-2019-12269?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Enigmail

CVE-2019-12269

Enigmail before 2.0.11 allows PGP signature spoofing: for an inline PGP message, an attacker can cause the product to display a "correctly signed" message indication, but display different unauthenticated text.

Published 2019-05-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.012 (66.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 66th percentile — 66.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Enigmail

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-347 — Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature

References

www.enigmail.net/index.php/en/download/changelog (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
sourceforge.net/p/enigmail/bugs/983/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00061.html (vendor-advisory)
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-12269?: CVE-2019-12269 is a high-severity vulnerability in Enigmail, classified under Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-05-21.
How severe is CVE-2019-12269?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.