CVE-2017-17688

Medium

Description

The OpenPGP specification allows a Cipher Feedback Mode (CFB) malleability-gadget attack that can indirectly lead to plaintext exfiltration, aka EFAIL. NOTE: third parties report that this is a problem in applications that mishandle the Modification Detection Code (MDC) feature or accept an obsolete packet type, not a problem in the OpenPGP specification

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.9
Exploit probability—
ProductApple Mail
PublishedMay 16, 2018
First seenMay 16, 2018

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
apple mailNo range specified—
bloop airmailNo range specified—
emclient emclientNo range specified—
flipdogsolutions maildroidNo range specified—
freron mailmateNo range specified—
horde horde_impNo range specified—
microsoft outlook2007—
mozilla thunderbirdNo range specified—
postbox-inc postboxNo range specified—
r2mail2 r2mail2No range specified—
roundcube webmailNo range specified—

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CVE-2017-17688 · Apple Mail · Dark Radar