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TI-2016-01444 Aliases CVE-2016-1584GHSA-f5qf-4744-w4vg

Unity8 converged application lifecycle allows background applications to use on-screen keyboard when not top-most

Priority LOW 26CWE-399Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Low
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

In all versions of Unity8 a running but not active application on a large-screen device could talk with Maliit and consume keyboard input.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00883 59th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
UbuntuUnity8all—No fix listedCNA
  • Unity8 VendorUbuntu Affected all Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:unity8:unity8:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDVulnerableUnity8
  • cpe:2.3:a:unity8:unity8:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·Unity8

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-1584
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-f5qf-4744-w4vg

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2021-02452 Incorrect authorization in Ubuntu linux kernel KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2007-05153 Stack-based buffer overflow in the cons_options function in options.c in dhcpd in OpenBSD… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.2
  • TI-2004-01032 Multiple vulnerabilities in the IGMP functionality for Linux kernel 2.4.22 to 2.4.28, and… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2004-00896 Multiple buffer overflows in libXML 2.6.12 and 2.6.13 (libxml2), and possibly other… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2004-00800 Buffer overflow in the QFILEPATHINFO request handler in Samba 3.0.x through 3.0.7 may… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2004-00962 Buffer overflow in the exif_read_data function in PHP before 4.3.10 and PHP 5.x up to… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
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Sources

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