evolution: specially crafted email leading to OpenPGP signatures being spoofed for arbitrary messages
Published Feb 11, 2019
6.5
MEDIUMCVSS 3.0
EPSS 2.44%
Description
GNOME Evolution through 3.28.2 is prone to OpenPGP signatures being spoofed for arbitrary messages using a specially crafted email that contains a valid signature from the entity to be impersonated as an attachment.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 2
- 8.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
atk-0:2.28.1-2.el7
Fixed · RHSA-2020:1080
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
evolution-0:3.28.5-8.el7
Fixed · RHSA-2020:1080
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
evolution-data-server-0:3.28.5-4.el7
Fixed · RHSA-2020:1080
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
evolution-ews-0:3.28.5-5.el7
Fixed · RHSA-2020:1080
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
evolution-0:3.28.5-12.el8
Fixed · RHSA-2020:1600
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
evolution-data-server-0:3.28.5-13.el8
Fixed · RHSA-2020:1600
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
evolution-ews-0:3.28.5-9.el8
Fixed · RHSA-2020:1600
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
evolution
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | atk-0:2.28.1-2.el7 | Fixed | RHSA-2020:1080 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | evolution-0:3.28.5-8.el7 | Fixed | RHSA-2020:1080 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | evolution-data-server-0:3.28.5-4.el7 | Fixed | RHSA-2020:1080 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | evolution-ews-0:3.28.5-5.el7 | Fixed | RHSA-2020:1080 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | evolution-0:3.28.5-12.el8 | Fixed | RHSA-2020:1600 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | evolution-data-server-0:3.28.5-13.el8 | Fixed | RHSA-2020:1600 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | evolution-ews-0:3.28.5-9.el8 | Fixed | RHSA-2020:1600 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | evolution | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Table of values (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.44% (0.02443) | 83.74th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.44% (0.02443) | 82.14th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 12, 2025 | 1.55% (0.01555) | 80.64th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jun 19, 2025 | 3.34% (0.03338) | 86.72th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.00% (0.01998) | 82.45th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.30% (0.00304) | 70.57th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 4, 2024 | 0.30% (0.00304) | 69.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 11, 2024 | 0.25% (0.00251) | 65.08th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 5, 2024 | 0.25% (0.00251) | 63.08th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.25% (0.00249) | 60.91th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 82.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 62.66th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 2.88% (0.02880) | 63.65th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 2.88% (0.02880) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (17)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00047.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00061.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00024.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152703/Johnny-You-Are-Fired.html x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Apr/38 mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/04/30/4 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-15587 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=796424 x_refsource_MISCExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1677650 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/RUB-NDS/Johnny-You-Are-Fired x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/RUB-NDS/Johnny-You-Are-Fired/blob/master/paper/johnny-fired.pdf x_refsource_MISC
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00027.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15587
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/7 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3998-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-15587
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4457 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
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