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Fencer Vulns
low 1.6

CVE-2016-1584 json

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

published 2019-04-22 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-2679

cvss
1.6
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.9%
EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 59%
public exploits
0
none known

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.

Exploit prediction

0.88% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 59% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 1.6 CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD 3.0 5.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

  • Ubuntu Unity8

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-399 Resource Management Errors

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.