CVE-2016-7968

MediumCVSS 6.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 6.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-94

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Dec 23, 2016
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2016-7968: Medium severity, CVSS 6.5 | Vulnix