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CVE-2016-7968

medium

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.

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-20161006-3.txt

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-12-23

Updated: 2025-04-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

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

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0024