Arbitrary Code Injection The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package kf5-messagelib  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-KF5MESSAGELIB-602409
  • published19 Aug 2020
  • disclosed23 Dec 2016

Introduced: 23 Dec 2016

CVE-2016-7968  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Debian security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Debian:9.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kf5-messagelib package and not the kf5-messagelib package as distributed by Debian.

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