RCE in Kde Kmail
CVE-2016-7966
Through a malicious URL that contained a quote character it was possible to inject HTML code in KMail's plaintext viewer. Due to the parser used on the URL it was not possible to include the equal sign (=) or a space into the injected HTML, which greatly reduces the available HTML functionality. Although it is possible to include an HTML comment indicator to hide content.
Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)
EPSS: 0.023 (81.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.3 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.
Affected products
- Kde Kmail
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 8.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 25
- Suse Linux_enterprise — versions 12.0
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-7966?
- CVE-2016-7966 is a high-severity vulnerability in Kde Kmail, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2016-12-23.
- How severe is CVE-2016-7966?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.