CVE-2016-7968

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2016-10-04
CWE:
CWE-20
Bugzilla:
1382293: CVE-2016-7968 kdepim: JavaScript execution in HTML Mails

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2016-7968 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

This issue did not affect the versions of kdepim as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 and 7.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 4.3
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 4.3
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact Low
Availability Impact None

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 kdepim Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 kdepim3 Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 kdepim Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kdepim Not affected

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