CVE-2016-7966
published 2016-12-23CVE-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…
PriorityP340high7.3CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUINSUCLILAL
EPSS
2.34%
81.7th percentile
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
5 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | kcoreaddons | < kcoreaddons 5.26.0-3 (bookworm) | kcoreaddons 5.26.0-3 (bookworm) |
| fedoraproject | fedora | — | — |
| kde | kmail | <= 4.4.0 | — |
| suse | linux_enterprise | — | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.07.3HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
nvdv2.07.5HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
osv7.3HIGH
vendor_debian7.3HIGH
vendor_redhat7.3HIGH
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GHSA
GHSA-833g-vcgj-6xrj: Through a malicious URL that contained a quote character it was possible to inject HTML code in KMail's plaintext viewer
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-17
CVE-2016-7966 [HIGH] CWE-94 GHSA-833g-vcgj-6xrj: Through a malicious URL that contained a quote character it was possible to inject HTML code in KMail's plaintext viewer
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.
OSV
CVE-2016-7966: Through a malicious URL that contained a quote character it was possible to inject HTML code in KMail's plaintext viewer
osv·2016-12-23·CVSS 7.3
CVE-2016-7966 [HIGH] CVE-2016-7966: Through a malicious URL that contained a quote character it was possible to inject HTML code in KMail's plaintext viewer
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
KDE-PIM Libraries vulnerability
vendor_ubuntu·2016-10-12
CVE-2016-7966 KDE-PIM Libraries vulnerability
Title: KDE-PIM Libraries vulnerability
Summary: KMail could be made to run HTML if it opened a specially crafted email.
Roland Tapken discovered that the KDE-PIM Libraries incorrectly filtered
URLs. A remote attacker could use this issue to perform an HTML injection
attack in the KMail plain text viewer.
Instructions: After a standard system update you need to restart KMail to make all the
necessary changes.
Red Hat
kdepim: HTML injection in plain text viewer of KMail
vendor_redhat·2016-10-04·CVSS 7.3
CVE-2016-7966 [HIGH] CWE-88 kdepim: HTML injection in plain text viewer of KMail
kdepim: HTML injection in plain text viewer of KMail
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.
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.
Package: kdepim (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5) - Not affected
Package: kdepim (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Not affected
Package: kdepim3 (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) -
Debian
CVE-2016-7966: kcoreaddons - Through a malicious URL that contained a quote character it was possible to inje...
vendor_debian·2016·CVSS 7.3
CVE-2016-7966 [HIGH] CVE-2016-7966: kcoreaddons - Through a malicious URL that contained a quote character it was possible to inje...
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.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 5.26.0-3)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 5.26.0-3)
forky: resolved (fixed in 5.26.0-3)
sid: resolved (fixed in 5.26.0-3)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 5.26.0-3)
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-7966 CVE-2016-7967 CVE-2016-7968 kdepim4: various flaws [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2016-10-06·CVSS 7.3
CVE-2016-7966 [HIGH] CVE-2016-7966 CVE-2016-7967 CVE-2016-7968 kdepim4: various flaws [fedora-all]
CVE-2016-7966 CVE-2016-7967 CVE-2016-7968 kdepim4: various flaws [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of Fedora.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
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NOTE: this issue affects multiple supported versions of
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-7966 CVE-2016-7967 CVE-2016-7968 kdepim: various flaws [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2016-10-06·CVSS 7.3
CVE-2016-7966 [HIGH] CVE-2016-7966 CVE-2016-7967 CVE-2016-7968 kdepim: various flaws [fedora-all]
CVE-2016-7966 CVE-2016-7967 CVE-2016-7968 kdepim: various flaws [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of Fedora.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
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http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-7966 CVE-2016-7967 CVE-2016-7968 kdepim3: various flaws [epel-7]
bugzilla·2016-10-06·CVSS 7.3
CVE-2016-7966 [HIGH] CVE-2016-7966 CVE-2016-7967 CVE-2016-7968 kdepim3: various flaws [epel-7]
CVE-2016-7966 CVE-2016-7967 CVE-2016-7968 kdepim3: various flaws [epel-7]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of Fedora EPEL.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
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[bug automatically created by: add-tracking-bugs]
Dis
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-7966 CVE-2016-7967 CVE-2016-7968 kdepim3: various flaws [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2016-10-06·CVSS 7.3
CVE-2016-7966 [HIGH] CVE-2016-7966 CVE-2016-7967 CVE-2016-7968 kdepim3: various flaws [fedora-all]
CVE-2016-7966 CVE-2016-7967 CVE-2016-7968 kdepim3: various flaws [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of Fedora.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
NOTE: this issue affects multiple supported versions of
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-7966 kdepim: HTML injection in plain text viewer of KMail
bugzilla·2016-10-06·CVSS 7.3
CVE-2016-7966 [HIGH] CVE-2016-7966 kdepim: HTML injection in plain text viewer of KMail
CVE-2016-7966 kdepim: HTML injection in plain text viewer of KMail
Through a malicious URL that contained a quote character it was possible to inject HTML code in KMail's plain text 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 versions: kmail >= 4.4.0
CVE assignment:
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/23
Upstream patch set for kdepimlibs:
* Backport avoid to transform as a url when we have a quote
https://cgit.kde.org/kdepimlibs.git/commit/?id=176fee25ca
* Backport show bad url text
https://cgit.kde.org/kdepimlibs.git/commit/?id=8bbe1bd3
External References:
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-10/msg00065.htmlhttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3697http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/1http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93360https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QNMM5TVPTJQFPJ3YDF4DPXDFW3GQLWLY/http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-10/msg00065.htmlhttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3697http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/1http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93360https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QNMM5TVPTJQFPJ3YDF4DPXDFW3GQLWLY/
2016-12-23
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