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CVE-2016-7967

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-12-23 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-94

Description

KMail since version 5.3.0 used a QWebEngine based viewer that had JavaScript enabled. Since the generated html is executed in the local file security context by default access to remote and local URLs was enabled.

Affected products

• KDE Kmail: through 5.3.0

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/1
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93360
• https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20161006-2.txt
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/1
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93360

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