CVE-2016-1584

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

LOW
1.6
CVSS Score
Published: April 22, 2019 at 03:35 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:42 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsUNITY8Unity8

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Severity
LOW1.6
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.9%

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

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

All versions
All versions

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mir-team/qtmir/trunk/revision/521

CVSS

1.6LOWcanonical
Attack Vector
PHYSICAL
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-399

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