# CVE-2005-0404: Security feature bypass in n/a

> Remote attackers can spoof digital signature and encryption status in KMail via HTML emails, misleading users about message security.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Apr 2005
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4h89-7jw5-x39f

## What is CVE-2005-0404?

CVE-2005-0404 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Kde Kde, published on 13 Apr 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

KMail 1.7.1 in KDE 3.3.2 allows remote attackers to spoof email information, such as whether the email has been digitally signed or encrypted, via HTML formatted email.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-0404?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Kde Kde, Kmail Kmail.

## How do I fix CVE-2005-0404?

No fix has been published for CVE-2005-0404 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2005-0404 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2005-0404 exists.

Public exploit code:

- KDE KMail 1.7.1 - HTML EMail Remote Email Content Spoofing (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in Kde Kde

- [CVE-2005-0011](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-0011/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2003-0690](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-0690/): Privilege escalation in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2008-1670](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-1670/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2012-4512](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-4512/): Memory corruption in Konqueror (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2006-0019](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-0019/): Memory corruption in n/a (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2005-0404 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2005-0404 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Kde Kde, published on 13 Apr 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2005-0404 exists.

Affected product: Kde Kde. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-0404/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-0404/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-0404
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0404
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2005-0404

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