CVE-2016-7967
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2016-12-23 22:00
Modified
2024-08-06 02:13
Severity ?
Summary
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
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/1Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93360Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
nvd@nist.govhttps://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20161006-2.txtVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/1Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93360Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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