Vulnerability Report

CVE-2016-7966

RCE

Title: Kde Kmail RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2016-7966.

CWE Category CWE-94
Published Date Dec 23, 2016
Modified Date Jun 17, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 7.3 CVSS v3.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
2.35%

Vulnerability Summary

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.

Impacted Vendors

K
kmail 1
K
kde 1

Reference Links

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-10/msg00065.html http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3697 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/1 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93360 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QNMM5TVPTJQFPJ3YDF4DPXDFW3GQLWLY/ http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-10/msg00065.html http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3697 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/1 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93360 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QNMM5TVPTJQFPJ3YDF4DPXDFW3GQLWLY/
CVSS v3.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.5
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2016-7966 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.