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CVE-2017-9604

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-06-13 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-311

Description

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 remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing the network.

Affected products

• KDE Kmail: through 5.5.1
• KDE messagelib: through 5.5.1

References

• https://commits.kde.org/kmail/78c5552be2f00a4ac25bd77ca39386522fca70a8
• https://commits.kde.org/messagelib/c54706e990bbd6498e7b1597ec7900bc809e8197
• https://commits.kde.org/kmail/78c5552be2f00a4ac25bd77ca39386522fca70a8
• https://commits.kde.org/messagelib/c54706e990bbd6498e7b1597ec7900bc809e8197

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