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CVE-2005-3256

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2005-10-18 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The key selection dialogue in Enigmail before 0.92.1 can incorrectly select a key with a user ID that does not have additional information, which allows parties with that key to decrypt the message.

Affected products

• Enigmail: through 0.92.0

References

• http://www.cert.dfn.de/infoserv/dsb/dsb-2005-01.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-889
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/805121
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:226
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_28_sr.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15155
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2158
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/211-1/
• http://www.cert.dfn.de/infoserv/dsb/dsb-2005-01.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-889
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/805121
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:226

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