CVE-2018-12019

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2018-06-13 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-347

Description

The signature verification routine in Enigmail before 2.0.7 interprets user ids as status/control messages and does not correctly keep track of the status of multiple signatures, which allows remote attackers to spoof arbitrary email signatures via public keys containing crafted primary user ids.

Affected products

Enigmail: before 2.0.7 — fixed in 2.0.7

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Enigmail 2.0.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/06/13/10
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152703/Johnny-You-Are-Fired.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Apr/38
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/04/30/4
https://github.com/RUB-NDS/Johnny-You-Are-Fired
https://github.com/RUB-NDS/Johnny-You-Are-Fired/blob/master/paper/johnny-fired.pdf
https://www.enigmail.net/index.php/en/download/changelog
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/06/13/10
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152703/Johnny-You-Are-Fired.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Apr/38
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/04/30/4
https://github.com/RUB-NDS/Johnny-You-Are-Fired

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