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Low · 1.6 CVE-2016-1584 EUVD-2016-2679GHSA-f5qf-4744-w4vg

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

Published Apr 22, 2019 · Updated Sep 17, 2024 · Assigned by canonical

Description

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Ubuntu Unity8 all —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 qtmir No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS qtmir No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 qtmir No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS qtmir No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS qtmir No fix yet —

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