What is CVE-2020-15954?

CVE-2020-15954 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Kde Kmail, classified under Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-07-27.

How severe is CVE-2020-15954?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Kde Kmail

CVE-2020-15954

KDE KMail 19.12.3 (aka 5.13.3) engages in unencrypted POP3 communication during times when the UI indicates that encryption is in use.

EPSS: 0.007 (47.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Kde Kmail — versions 19.12.3
Debian Debian_linux — versions 9.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-319 — Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-15954?: CVE-2020-15954 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Kde Kmail, classified under Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-07-27.
How severe is CVE-2020-15954?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.