CVE-2017-17848 — An issue was discovered in Enigmail before 1

An issue was discovered in Enigmail before 1.9.9. In a variant of CVE-2017-17847, signature spoofing is possible for multipart/related messages because a signed message part can be referenced with a cid: URI but not actually displayed. In other words, the entire containing messag

01What is this vulnerability?

An issue was discovered in Enigmail before 1.9.9. In a variant of CVE-2017-17847, signature spoofing is possible for multipart/related messages because a signed message part can be referenced with a cid: URI but not actually displayed. In other words, the entire containing message appears to be signed, but the recipient does not see any of the signed text.

02Affected products

No structured affected-product list available — see references below for vendor advisories.

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

08Timeline

• Published: 2017-12-27T17:08:19.920
• Last modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

09References

• packetstormsecurity.com — http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152703/Johnny-You-Are-Fired.html
• seclists.org — http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Apr/38
• www.openwall.com — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/04/30/4
• github.com — https://github.com/RUB-NDS/Johnny-You-Are-Fired
• github.com — https://github.com/RUB-NDS/Johnny-You-Are-Fired/blob/master/paper/johnny-fired.p…
• lists.debian.org — https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00021.html
• lists.debian.org — https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2017/msg00333.html
• sourceforge.net — https://sourceforge.net/p/enigmail/bugs/709/
• www.debian.org — https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4070
• packetstormsecurity.com — http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152703/Johnny-You-Are-Fired.html