VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-7968

CVSS score6.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.17%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2016-12-23
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Primary references