# CVE-2019-10734: Information disclosure in n/a

> Attackers can leak plaintext from encrypted emails by hiding them in crafted multipart messages, tricking users into replying with the decrypted content.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/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:** Yes
- **Published:** 7 Apr 2019
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mr9x-prgm-96hw, MGASA-2022-0214, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-10734

## What is CVE-2019-10734?

CVE-2019-10734 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 7 Apr 2019. 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

In KDE Trojita 0.7, an attacker in possession of S/MIME or PGP encrypted emails can wrap them as sub-parts within a crafted multipart email. The encrypted part(s) can further be hidden using HTML/CSS or ASCII newline characters. This modified multipart email can be re-sent by the attacker to the intended receiver. If the receiver replies to this (benign looking) email, they unknowingly leak the plaintext of the encrypted message part(s) back to the attacker.

Weakness: CWE-319 (Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-10734?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Trojita Project Trojita.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-10734?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2019-10734 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-10734 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2020-15047](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-15047/): Security feature bypass in n/a (medium 5.9)
- [CVE-2014-2567](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-2567/): Security feature bypass in n/a (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-10734 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-10734 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 7 Apr 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-10734 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. 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-2019-10734/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-10734/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-10734
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-10734
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-10734

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-10734/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.