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CVE-2005-3256

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-3256 describes a vulnerability in Enigmail versions prior to 0.92.1 where the key selection dialogue could incorrectly choose a key lacking additional user ID information, potentially allowing unauthorized decryption of messages. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with low attack complexity, requiring no authentication, and impacting confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.92.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:enigmail:enigmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.78%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0178 is in the 63rd percentile among its peer group of 23,705 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

usn.ubuntu.com / 211-1
cert.dfn.de / infoserv/dsb/dsb-2005-01.html
debian.org / security/2005/dsa-889
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/805121
US Government Resource
mandriva.com / security/advisories
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2005_28_sr.html
securityfocus.com / bid/15155
vupen.com / english/advisories/2005/2158