VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-15588
MailMate before 1.11.3 mishandles a suspicious HTML/MIME structure in a signed/encrypted email.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 2.44%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.44%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
MailMate before 1.11.3 mishandles a suspicious HTML/MIME structure in a signed/encrypted email.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.44% probability · 84th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-290
- Affected
- freron/mailmate
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.4% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152703/Johnny-You-Are-Fired.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Apr/38Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/04/30/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/RUB-NDS/Johnny-You-Are-Fired
- https://github.com/RUB-NDS/Johnny-You-Are-Fired/blob/master/paper/johnny-fired.pdf
- https://updates.mailmate-app.com/release_notesRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152703/Johnny-You-Are-Fired.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Apr/38Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/04/30/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/RUB-NDS/Johnny-You-Are-Fired
- https://github.com/RUB-NDS/Johnny-You-Are-Fired/blob/master/paper/johnny-fired.pdf
- https://updates.mailmate-app.com/release_notesRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.