High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Dec 27, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-17846
CVE-2017-17846
Description
An issue was discovered in Enigmail before 1.9.9. Regular expressions are exploitable for Denial of Service, because of attempts to match arbitrarily long strings, aka TBE-01-003.
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
5- enigmail.net/download/other/Enigmail%20Pentest%20Report%20by%20Cure53%20-%20Excerpt.pdfnvdThird Party AdvisoryVendor Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2017/msg00333.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4070nvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00021.htmlnvd
- www.mail-archive.com/enigmail-users%40enigmail.net/msg04280.htmlnvd
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