CVE-2018-3988

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-3988
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-12-10 17:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-03 01:36:00 UTC
DescriptionSignal Messenger for Android 4.24.8 may expose private information when using "disappearing messages." If a user uses the photo feature available in the "attach file" menu, then Signal will leave the picture in its own cache directory, which is available to any application on the system.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-200

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Signal Messenger 4.24.8 All All All
Application Signal Messenger 4.24.8 All All All
Application Signal Private Messenger 4.24.8 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
TALOS-2018-0656 || Cisco Talos Intelligence Group - Comprehensive Threat Intelligence MISC www.talosintelligence.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Signal Messenger CVE-2018-3988 Information Disclosure Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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