CVE-2016-7968

CVSS V2 High 7.5 CVSS V3 Medium 6.5

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.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2016-7968

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2016-12-23T22:59:00

Last Modified Date
2016-12-27T18:50:42

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-94	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/94.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kmail::::::::	1	OR		5.3.0

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

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

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
7.5

Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
10

Impact Score
6.4

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.0

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
LOW

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
6.5

Base Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
2.5

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93360	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/1	Third Party Advisory
https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20161006-3.txt	Vendor Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7968
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7968

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 09:54:48				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 12:35:00	2016-12-23T22:59Z	2016-12-23T22:59:00	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-02 12:35:00		2016-12-27T18:50:42	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-02 12:35:00		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated