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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2019-10741

K-9 Mail v5.600 can include the original quoted HTML code of a specially crafted, benign looking, email within (digitally signed) reply messages. The quoted part can contain conditional statements that show completely different text if opened in a different email client. This can be abused by an attacker to obtain valid S/MIME or PGP signatures for arbitrary content to be displayed to a third party. NOTE: the vendor states "We don't plan to take any action because of this."

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31 Oct 2026, 10:32 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2019-10741

core-osv · Original source

Published 7 Apr 2019, 15:29 UTC

K-9 Mail v5.600 can include the original quoted HTML code of a specially crafted, benign looking, email within (digitally signed) reply messages. The quoted part can contain conditional statements that show completely different text if opened in a different email client. This can be abused by an attacker to obtain valid S/MIME or PGP signatures for arbitrary content to be displayed to a third party. NOTE: the vendor states "We don't plan to take any action because of this."

osv:CVE-2019-10741
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-10741",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2019-10741",
    "summary": "K-9 Mail v5.600 can include the original quoted HTML code of a specially crafted, benign looking, email within (digitally signed) reply messages. The quoted part can contain conditional statements that show completely different text if opened in a different email client. This can be abused by an attacker to obtain valid S/MIME or PGP signatures for arbitrary content to be displayed to a third party. NOTE: the vendor states \"We don't plan to take any action because of this.\"",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2019-10741",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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      "aliases": [
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      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
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                },
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                  "last_affected": "a903bd6f81e929bdd486b12e24afe851d06b7dcf"
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              ],
              "database_specific": {
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                    "range": [
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                        "introduced": "5.600"
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          ],
          "versions": [
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          "database_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:50:37.747075355Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/k9mail/k-9/issues/3925"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 381919,
  "published_at": "2019-04-07T15:29:00.45+00:00"
}