CVE-2016-7968

MEDIUM 6.5CVE-2016-7968 · Published 23/12/2016 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2016-7968 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability affecting kmail (kde).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.2%, higher than 67.5% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
kmail kde	`≤ 5.3.0`	No fix yet

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.

References

openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/1 · Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com/bid/93360 · Third Party Advisory
kde.org/info/security/advisory-20161006-3.txt · Vendor Advisory

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

kmail

kde

≤ 5.3.0

No fix yet

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