CVE-2007-1265 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2007-1265

KMail 1.9.5 and earlier does not properly use the --status-fd...

Vulnerability Description

KMail 1.9.5 and earlier does not properly use the --status-fd argument when invoking GnuPG, which prevents KMail from visually distinguishing between signed and unsigned portions of OpenPGP messages with multiple components, which allows remote attackers to forge the contents of a message without detection.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

k-mail
Vulnerable Versions:
0.0.29.2, 1.0.23, 1.0.24, 1.0.25, 1.0.26, 1.0.27, 1.0.28, 1.0.29, 1.0.29.1, 1.0.29.2, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3.1, 1.7.1, 1.9.1, 1.86.2.36, 1.87, 1.88, 1.89, 1.90, 1.92, 1.93, 1.94, 1.95, 1.101, 1.102

Timeline

Official Publish: March 6th, 2007
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.