Detections
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CVE-2016-7967

high

Description

KMail since version 5.3.0 used a QWebEngine based viewer that had JavaScript enabled. Since the generated html is executed in the local file security context by default access to remote and local URLs was enabled.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93360

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/1

https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20161006-2.txt

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-12-23

Updated: 2025-04-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00455