Kmail vulnerabilitiesRanked by how likely they are to be used.
Kmail is made by Kde. We track 10 published vulnerabilities in it, across 83 versions. None of them is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today. If you run Kmail, keep it on a version the vendor still supports.
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None of Kmail's published vulnerabilities is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today. We keep watching that list.
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Ranked by the latest exploit-likelihood forecast: the chance each flaw is used in an attack in the next 30 days. A high severity score on its own doesn't tell you that. Flaws shared by many other makers' products are left out.
- 4.2%CVE-2017-17689Medium
The S/MIME specification allows a Cipher Block Chaining (CBC) malleability-gadget attack that can indirectly lead to plaintext exfiltration, aka EFAIL.
- 2.3%CVE-2016-7966High
Through a malicious URL that contained a quote character it was possible to inject HTML code in KMail's plaintext viewer.
- 1.9%CVE-2016-7967High
KMail since version 5.3.0 used a QWebEngine based viewer that had JavaScript enabled.
- 1.3%CVE-2017-9604High
KDE kmail before 5.5.2 and messagelib before 5.5.2, as distributed in KDE Applications before 17.04.2, do not ensure that a plugin's sign/encrypt action occurs during use of the Send Later feature, which allows...
- 1.2%CVE-2014-8878Medium
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.
- 1.2%CVE-2016-7968Medium
KMail since version 5.3.0 used a QWebEngine based viewer that had JavaScript enabled.
- 0.9%CVE-2020-11880Medium
An issue was discovered in KDE KMail before 19.12.3.
- 0.7%CVE-2019-10732Medium
In KDE KMail 5.2.3, an attacker in possession of S/MIME or PGP encrypted emails can wrap them as sub-parts within a crafted multipart email.
- 0.7%CVE-2020-15954Medium
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.
- 0.5%CVE-2021-38373Medium
In KDE KMail 19.12.3 (aka 5.13.3), the SMTP STARTTLS option is not honored (and cleartext messages are sent) unless "Server requires authentication" is checked.
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The S/MIME specification allows a Cipher Block Chaining (CBC) malleability-gadget attack that can indirectly lead to plaintext exfiltration, aka EFAIL.
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We track 10 published vulnerabilities listed under the name Kmail, across 83 versions.
None of Kmail's vulnerabilities is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today.
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