CVE-2016-1584
Unity8 converged application lifecycle allows background applications to use on-screen keyboard when not top-most
In all versions of Unity8 a running but not active application on a large-screen device could talk with Maliit and consume keyboard input.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Physical
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Unity8 converged application lifecycle allows background applications to use on-screen keyboard when not top-most
In all versions of Unity8 a running but not active application on a large-screen device could talk with Maliit and consume keyboard input.
- Record
CVE-2016-1584- CVSS 3.0
- 1.6 Low
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-2679
In all versions of Unity8 a running but not active application on a large-screen device could talk with Maliit and consume keyboard input.
- Record
EUVD-2016-2679- CVSS 3.0
- 1.6 Low
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-f5qf-4744-w4vg
In all versions of Unity8 a running but not active application on a large-screen device could...
In all versions of Unity8 a running but not active application on a large-screen device could talk with Maliit and consume keyboard input.
- Record
GHSA-f5qf-4744-w4vg- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
In all versions of Unity8 a running but not active application on a large-screen device could talk with Maliit and consume keyboard input.
- Record
CVE-2016-1584- CVSS 3.0
- 1.6 Low
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-399
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2016-1584
In all versions of Unity8 a running but not active application on a large-screen device could talk with Maliit and consume keyboard input.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1584- CVSS 3.0
- 1.6 Low
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
qtmirUbuntu:16.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 0.4.6+15.10.20151008.2-0ubuntu10.4.6+15.10.20151021-0ubuntu10.4.6+16.04.20151102-0ubuntu10.4.6+16.04.20151113-0ubuntu10.4.6+16.04.20151119-0ubuntu1 Show 14 moreShow less0.4.6+16.04.20151125-0ubuntu10.4.6+16.04.20151125-0ubuntu20.4.7+16.04.20151210-0ubuntu10.4.7+16.04.20151222-0ubuntu10.4.7+16.04.20160104-0ubuntu10.4.7+16.04.20160122-0ubuntu10.4.7+16.04.20160127.1-0ubuntu10.4.7+16.04.20160208-0ubuntu10.4.7+16.04.20160212-0ubuntu10.4.7+16.04.20160219-0ubuntu10.4.7+16.04.20160310.1-0ubuntu10.4.8+16.04.20160322.1-0ubuntu10.4.8+16.04.20160329.1-0ubuntu10.4.8+16.04.20160330-0ubuntu1 |
None known |
qtmirUbuntu:24.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 0.8.0~git20230223.bd21224-3ubuntu30.8.0~git20240131.2f99df3-10.8.0~git20240131.2f99df3-1build30.8.0~git20240131.2f99df3-1build40.8.0~git20240131.2f99df3-1build5 |
None known |
qtmirUbuntu:25.10 |
All versions, plus listed versions 0.8.0~git20250305.794fa12-10.8.0~git20250407.ea2f477-10.8.0~git20250407.ea2f477-1build10.8.0~git20250407.ea2f477-2 |
None known |
qtmirUbuntu:26.10 |
All versions, plus listed versions 0.8.0~git20260226.fb30a11-30.8.0~git20260226.fb30a11-40.8.0~git20260226.fb30a11-50.8.0~git20260226.fb30a11-80.8.0~git20260226.fb30a11-9 |
None known |
qtmirUbuntu:26.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 0.8.0~git20250407.ea2f477-20.8.0~git20250407.ea2f477-60.8.0~git20250407.ea2f477-70.8.0~git20250407.ea2f477-7build20.8.0~git20250407.ea2f477-8 Show 4 moreShow less0.8.0~git20260226.fb30a11-10.8.0~git20260226.fb30a11-20.8.0~git20260226.fb30a11-30.8.0~git20260226.fb30a11-3ubuntu0.1 |
None known |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-1584 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 1.6) in Ubuntu Unity8, published April 22, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.88%, the 59th percentile. No source names a fixed version.