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medium 5.9

CVE-2014-8878 json

KDE KMail does not encrypt attachments in emails when "automatic encryption" is enabled, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive…

published 9y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2014-8708

cvss
5.9
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.2%
EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 68%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2014-8878 updated cvss 4.3

kdepim: KMail attachments are not encrypted when "automatic encryption" is selected

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 kdepim, kdepim-libs Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 kdepim, kdepim-libs
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kdepim
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 68% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 5.9 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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Sources

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