CVE-2019-8338 describes a critical flaw in the Airmail GPG-PGP Plugin, versions 1.0 (9) and earlier, where signature verification routines are bypassed, enabling remote attackers to spoof email signatures. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) allows for high integrity impact by failing to verify signature status or the validity of signing keys, even permitting the injection of fake user IDs into a user's keyring. Despite its potential impact, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.0\(9\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gpg-pgp_project:gpg-pgp:*:*:*:*:*:airmail:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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