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CVE-2012-3413 json

The HTMLQuoteColorer::process function in messageviewer/htmlquotecolorer.cpp in KDE PIM 4.6 through 4.8 does not disable JavaScript, Java,…

published 2012-08-07 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-3383

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.5%
EPSS 2.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 84%
public exploits
0
none known

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.

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2012-3413 updated cvss 5.1

kdepim: message viewer defaults to enabling java, javascript, and plugins

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kdepim Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 kdepim, kdepim-libs
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.