Medium severity · published Jul 27, 2020
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
6.5
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 51% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0 · source: NVD
KM
Kmail · Kde
19.12.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15954
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-15954
Vendor Advisory
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=423426
Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00030.html
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