UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7966

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7966
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7966.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7966
Upstream
Related
  • USN-3100-1
Published
2016-10-05T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:43:53Z
Severity
  • 7.3 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / kdepimlibs

Package

Name
kdepimlibs
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/kdepimlibs@4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.4?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.4

Affected versions

4:4.*

4:4.11.2-0ubuntu1
4:4.11.2-0ubuntu2
4:4.11.80-0ubuntu1
4:4.11.95-0ubuntu1
4:4.11.97-0ubuntu1
4:4.12.0-0ubuntu1
4:4.12.1-0ubuntu1
4:4.12.2-0ubuntu1
4:4.12.2-0ubuntu2
4:4.12.3-0ubuntu1
4:4.12.90-0ubuntu2
4:4.12.95-0ubuntu1
4:4.12.97-0ubuntu1
4:4.13.0-0ubuntu1
4:4.13.1-0ubuntu0.1
4:4.13.2-0ubuntu0.1
4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.1
4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.2
4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "kdepimlibs-kio-plugins",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "kdepimlibs5-dev",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libakonadi-calendar4",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libakonadi-contact4",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libakonadi-kabc4",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libakonadi-kcal4",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libakonadi-kde4",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libakonadi-kmime4",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libakonadi-notes4",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libakonadi-socialutils4",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libakonadi-xml4",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgpgme++2",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkabc4",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkalarmcal2",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkblog4",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkcal4",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkcalcore4",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkcalutils4",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkholidays4",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkimap4",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkldap4",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkmbox4",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkmime4",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkontactinterface4",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkpimidentities4",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkpimtextedit4",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkpimutils4",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkresources4",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libktnef4",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkxmlrpcclient4",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libmailtransport4",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libmicroblog4",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libqgpgme1",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libsyndication4",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.4"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / kcoreaddons

Package

Name
kcoreaddons
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/kcoreaddons@5.18.0-0ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.18.0-0ubuntu1.1

Affected versions

5.*

5.15.0-0ubuntu1
5.15.0-0ubuntu2
5.18.0-0ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libkf5coreaddons-bin-dev",
            "binary_version": "5.18.0-0ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkf5coreaddons-data",
            "binary_version": "5.18.0-0ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkf5coreaddons-dev",
            "binary_version": "5.18.0-0ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkf5coreaddons5",
            "binary_version": "5.18.0-0ubuntu1.1"
        }
    ]
}