FKIE_CVE-2016-7968

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-12-23 22:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:53
Severity
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
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
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-20161006-3.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
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
kde kmail *
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T00:53:51.343",
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