CVE-2012-3413 (GCVE-0-2012-3413)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-08-07 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 20:05
VLAI
Summary
The HTMLQuoteColorer::process function in messageviewer/htmlquotecolorer.cpp in KDE PIM 4.6 through 4.8 does not disable JavaScript, Java, and Plugins, which allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted email.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
https://projects.kde.org/projects/kde/kdepim/repo… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/16/3 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1512-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://secunia.com/advisories/50008 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/0… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/13/3 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/13/4 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
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