MEDIUM
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
Published Oct 18, 2005
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.78%
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
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.78% 0.01782
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01782
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.78% (0.01782) | 77.47th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.78% (0.01782) | 75.33th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.63% (0.00633) | 68.60th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.08% (0.01079) | 84.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 8, 2024 | 1.37% (0.01373) | 86.20th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.37% (0.01373) | 84.20th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.18% (0.01183) | 61.76th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Oct 19, 2022 | 1.18% (0.01183) | 60.79th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.18% (0.01183) | 58.77th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.18% (0.01183) | 35.15th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (8)
- http://www.cert.dfn.de/infoserv/dsb/dsb-2005-01.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-889 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/805121 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:226 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_28_sr.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15155 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2158 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/211-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.cert.dfn.de/infoserv/dsb/dsb-2005-01.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-889 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/805121 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:226 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE | |
| http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_28_sr.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15155 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2158 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/211-1/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner debian
Published Oct 18, 2005
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Oct 18, 2005
Link CVE-2005-3256
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a