{"id":"CVE-2018-3988","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-3988","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:11:25.237Z","title":"Signal Messenger for Android 4.24.8 may expose private information when using \"disappearing messages.\" If a user uses the photo feature available in the \"attach file\" menu, then Signal will leave the picture in its own cache directory, which is…","description":"Signal Messenger for Android 4.24.8 may expose private information when using \"disappearing messages.\" If a user uses the photo feature available in the \"attach file\" menu, then Signal will leave the picture in its own cache directory, which is available to any application on the system.","published":"2018-12-10T17:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:58:10.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"talos-cna@cisco.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":4.7,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-200"],"affected":["signal/private messenger"],"epss":{"score":0.00527,"percentile":0.44415,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.53%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106207","tags":["Broken Link","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"talos-cna@cisco.com"},{"url":"https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0656","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"talos-cna@cisco.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106207","tags":["Broken Link","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0656","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-3988","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}