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CVE-2014-8878

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-8878 describes a vulnerability in KDE KMail where "automatic encryption" fails to encrypt email attachments, allowing remote attackers to intercept sensitive information via network sniffing. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 5.9) has a network attack vector and high confidentiality impact, but requires high attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.11.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kmail:4.11.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.9MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.21%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
65.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0121 is in the 31st percentile among its peer group of 19,958 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, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: kdepim
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kdepim

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2014-8878Moderate

kdepim: KMail attachments are not encrypted when "automatic encryption" is selected

Oct 24, 2014

References

bugs.kde.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2015/07/16/10
Mailing ListPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/75986
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry