CVE-2017-17845

HighCVSS 7.3/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

An issue was discovered in Enigmail before 1.9.9. Improper Random Secret Generation occurs because Math.Random() is used by pretty Easy privacy (pEp), aka TBE-01-001.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.3/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Weakness enumeration

CWE-338

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://enigmail.net/download/other/Enigmail%20Pentest%20Report%20by%20Cure53%20-%20Excerpt.pdfThird Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00021.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2017/msg00333.htmlThird Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4070Third Party Advisory
https://www.mail-archive.com/enigmail-users%40enigmail.net/msg04280.html
https://enigmail.net/download/other/Enigmail%20Pentest%20Report%20by%20Cure53%20-%20Excerpt.pdfThird Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00021.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2017/msg00333.htmlThird Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4070Third Party Advisory
https://www.mail-archive.com/enigmail-users%40enigmail.net/msg04280.html

Timeline

Published: Dec 27, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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