CVE-2016-7966

kdepim: HTML injection in plain text viewer of KMail

Published Dec 23, 2016 CVSS 3.0 · 7.3 High EPSS 2.3% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-673-1 kdepimlibs security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3697-1 kdepimlibs security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-8814 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3100-1 KDE-PIM Libraries vulnerability
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 2:13 AM
Reserved
Sep 9, 2016, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 23, 2016, 10:59 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:53 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Oct 4, 2016, 12:00 AM