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CVE-2016-1584 (GCVE-0-2016-1584)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-04-22 15:35 – Updated: 2024-09-17 03:22
VLAI
Title
Unity8 converged application lifecycle allows background applications to use on-screen keyboard when not top-most
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.
CWE
  • Lack of access controls.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Ubuntu Unity8 Affected: all
guessed Create a notification for this product.
Date Public
2016-07-04 00:00
Show details on NVD website

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