CVE-2014-5369

Exp

Enigmail 1.7.x before 1.7.2 sends emails in plaintext when encryption is enabled and only BCC recipients are specified, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing the network.

Published: 2014-09-08 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-5369 is rated Exploit Available (55.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.58%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2014-5369

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-5369

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 2025-03-30 0.83% 0.58% -0.25%
2 2025-03-29 0.58% 0.83% +0.25%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.58% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-5369

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/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:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-5369

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-5369

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2014-5369 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (enigmail), 1 status rows across 1 suites (bullseye): resolved 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-5369
gentoo normal CVE-2014-5369: 1 GLSA(s) (201504-01), 7 atom(s) (dev-libs/nspr, mail-client/thunderbird, …); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2014-5369
ubuntu low CVE-2014-5369 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (enigmail), 5 status rows across 5 suites (lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic): released 4, ignored 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-5369

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-5369

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
enigmail enigmail 1.7 cpe:2.3:a:enigmail:enigmail:1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
enigmail enigmail 1.7.2 cpe:2.3:a:enigmail:enigmail:1.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-5369

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