CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-7968
6.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-12-23
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-94
Description
KMail since version 5.3.0 used a QWebEngine based viewer that had JavaScript enabled. HTML Mail contents were not sanitized for JavaScript and included code was executed.
Affected configurations
• kde kmail (<= 5.3.0)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code weakness
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93360 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20161006-3.txt Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93360 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry