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title: "CVE-2016-1498\n    | Ubuntu"
description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the
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url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1498?format=md
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# CVE-2016-1498

Publication date 8 January 2016

Last updated 17 July 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**6.1 · Medium**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1498?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the OCS discovery provider
component in ownCloud Server before 7.0.12, 8.0.x before 8.0.10, 8.1.x
before 8.1.5, and 8.2.x before 8.2.2 allows remote attackers to inject
arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors involving a URL.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1498?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| owncloud | 15.10 wily | Not in release |
| 15.04 vivid | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

owncloud packages in ubuntu are now empty

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

6.1 · Medium

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | Required |
  | Scope | Changed |
  | Confidentiality impact | Low |
  | Integrity impact | Low |
  | Availability impact | None |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 6.1 · Medium |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1498)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1498)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2016-1498)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-1498)

### Other references

* <https://owncloud.org/security/advisory/?id=oc-sa-2016-001>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1498>