CVE-2021-28117

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

2.5

Description

libdiscover/backends/KNSBackend/KNSResource.cpp in KDE Discover before 5.21.3 automatically creates links to potentially dangerous URLs (that are neither https:// nor http://) based on the content of the store.kde.org web site. (5.18.7 is also a fixed version.)

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Arch Fixed 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Fixed	`5.21.3-1`

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`5.20.5-3`
sid	Fixed	`5.20.5-3`
forky	Fixed	`5.20.5-3`
bullseye	Fixed	`5.20.5-3`
bookworm	Fixed	`5.20.5-3`

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-28117

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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