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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-15954

KDE KMail 19.12.3 (aka 5.13.3) engages in unencrypted POP3 communication during times when the UI indicates that encryption is in use.

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CVEs
CVE-2020-15954
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Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 08:13 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2020-15954

core-osv · Original source

Published 27 Jul 2020, 07:15 UTC

KDE KMail 19.12.3 (aka 5.13.3) engages in unencrypted POP3 communication during times when the UI indicates that encryption is in use.

osv:CVE-2020-15954
Complete source record
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  "id": "8943b1d6206a013b0aa8e0e4d59cc774950eff9b62394258eceaf826407255aa",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-15954",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2020-15954",
    "summary": "KDE KMail 19.12.3 (aka 5.13.3) engages in unencrypted POP3 communication during times when the UI indicates that encryption is in use.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-15954",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2020-15954",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2020-15954"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/kde/kmail",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "75e8d32a308490cc26f246e98f8f15438b0e7b50"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "75e8d32a308490cc26f246e98f8f15438b0e7b50"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:kde:kmail:19.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "19.12.3"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "19.12.3"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "19.12.3",
            "v19.12.3"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-15954.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:31:04.587660022Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=423426",
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00030.html"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "debian:debian_linux",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "9.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "9.0"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2020-15954",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 440550,
  "published_at": "2020-07-27T07:15:11.113+00:00"
}