CVE-2021-28117

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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-28117
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-28117.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2021-28117
Downstream
Related
Published
2021-03-20T21:15:11Z
Modified
2025-09-16T07:15:04.554133Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.)

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / plasma-discover

Package

Name
plasma-discover
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/plasma-discover?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.20.5-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / plasma-discover

Package

Name
plasma-discover
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/plasma-discover?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.20.5-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / plasma-discover

Package

Name
plasma-discover
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/plasma-discover?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.20.5-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / plasma-discover

Package

Name
plasma-discover
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/plasma-discover?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.20.5-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Git / github.com/kde/discover

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/kde/discover
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
fcd3b30552bf03a384b1a16f9bb8db029c111356

Affected versions

v5.*

v5.10.0
v5.10.1
v5.10.2
v5.10.3
v5.10.4
v5.10.5
v5.10.95
v5.11.0
v5.11.1
v5.11.2
v5.11.3
v5.11.4
v5.11.5
v5.11.95
v5.12.0
v5.12.1
v5.12.2
v5.12.3
v5.12.4
v5.12.5
v5.12.5.1
v5.12.6
v5.12.90
v5.13.0
v5.13.1
v5.13.2
v5.13.3
v5.13.4
v5.13.90
v5.14.0
v5.14.1
v5.14.2
v5.14.3
v5.14.4
v5.14.5
v5.14.5.1
v5.14.90
v5.15.0
v5.15.1
v5.15.2
v5.15.3
v5.15.4
v5.15.90
v5.16.0
v5.16.1
v5.16.2
v5.16.3
v5.16.4
v5.16.90
v5.17.0
v5.17.1
v5.17.2
v5.17.3
v5.17.4
v5.17.90
v5.18.0
v5.18.1
v5.18.2
v5.18.3
v5.18.4
v5.18.4.1
v5.18.5
v5.18.6
v5.4.95
v5.5.0
v5.5.1
v5.5.2
v5.5.3
v5.5.4
v5.5.5
v5.5.95
v5.6.0
v5.6.1
v5.6.2
v5.6.3
v5.6.4
v5.6.95
v5.7.0
v5.7.1
v5.7.2
v5.7.3
v5.7.95
v5.8.0
v5.8.1
v5.8.2
v5.8.3
v5.8.4
v5.8.5
v5.8.6
v5.8.95
v5.9.0
v5.9.1
v5.9.2
v5.9.3
v5.9.4
v5.9.95

Database specific 

{
    "vanir_signatures": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2021-28117-0bd05b69",
            "digest": {
                "threshold": 0.9,
                "line_hashes": [
                    "299753549578302202398139767977502403581",
                    "6233040012297922460003511610742293943",
                    "283159835798834203877797608197497803258",
                    "258756495566470153356750044255168866583"
                ]
            },
            "signature_version": "v1",
            "deprecated": false,
            "target": {
                "file": "libdiscover/backends/KNSBackend/KNSResource.cpp"
            },
            "signature_type": "Line",
            "source": "https://github.com/kde/discover/commit/fcd3b30552bf03a384b1a16f9bb8db029c111356"
        },
        {
            "id": "CVE-2021-28117-e429c6f1",
            "digest": {
                "length": 686.0,
                "function_hash": "227363872241428024300749278080191516221"
            },
            "signature_version": "v1",
            "deprecated": false,
            "target": {
                "file": "libdiscover/backends/KNSBackend/KNSResource.cpp",
                "function": "KNSResource::longDescription"
            },
            "signature_type": "Function",
            "source": "https://github.com/kde/discover/commit/fcd3b30552bf03a384b1a16f9bb8db029c111356"
        }
    ]
}