CVE-2023-40440
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-09-11 23:29
Modified
2024-08-02 18:31
Severity ?
Summary
This issue was addressed with improved state management of S/MIME encrypted emails. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.6.8. A S/MIME encrypted email may be inadvertently sent unencrypted.
References
product-security@apple.comhttps://blog.aegrel.ee/apple-mail-smime.html
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213844Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://blog.aegrel.ee/apple-mail-smime.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213844Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
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