kdepim: HTML injection in plain text viewer of KMail
Published Dec 23, 2016
7.3
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 2.34%
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.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 2
- 8.0
- 25
- 12.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
kdepim
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
kdepim
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
kdepim3
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
kdepim
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kdepim | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | kdepim | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | kdepim3 | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kdepim | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue did not affect the versions of kdepim as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 or 7 as they did not include support for kmail, or are not shipped with vulnerable versions.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.34% (0.02345) | 83.03th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.37% (0.02365) | 81.54th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.13% (0.00129) | 29.77th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.80% (0.00805) | 82.41th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.80% (0.00805) | 81.14th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.80% (0.00805) | 79.05th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 40.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 38.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 36.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 19.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (10)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-10/msg00065.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3697 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93360 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7966 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1382286 Issue Tracking
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QNMM5TVPTJQFPJ3YDF4DPXDFW3GQLWLY/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7966
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7966
- https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20161006-1.txt
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-10/msg00065.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3697 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/1 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93360 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7966 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1382286 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QNMM5TVPTJQFPJ3YDF4DPXDFW3GQLWLY/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7966 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7966 | ||
| https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20161006-1.txt |
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