CVE-2016-7968 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2016-12-23

Score: 6.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:kde:kmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-8816	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00148.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93360
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7968
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7968
https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20161006-3.txt

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Kde Kmail

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-12-23T22:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:13:21.867Z

Reserved: 2016-09-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-7968

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-12-23T22:59:00.300

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-7968

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-7968 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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