CVE-2005-3256

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: 2005-10-18 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-3256 is rated Moderate Risk (44.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.63%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-3256

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-17 0.45% 0.63% +0.18%
2 2024-12-17 1.08% 0.45% -0.63%
3 2024-09-24 — 1.08% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-3256

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-3256

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-3256

vendor priority summary link
debian medium CVE-2005-3256 medium priority: Debian including 1 source packages (enigmail), 1 status rows across 1 suites (bullseye): resolved 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-3256
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-3256 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (enigmail, enigmail-mailnews), 8 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 5, needs-triage 2, DNE 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-3256

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-3256

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
enigmail enigmail <= 0.92.0 cpe:2.3:a:enigmail:enigmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-3256

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