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CVE-2016-7968

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.

Published

2016-12-23T22:59:00.300

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 6.5 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-94

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	kde	kmail	≤ 5.3.0	Yes

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/1 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93360 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20161006-3.txt Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/1 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93360 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)