8.8high
CVE-2017-5078
Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Blink's mailto: handling in Google Chrome prior to 59.0.3071.86 for Linux, Windows, and Mac a…
Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
8.8
v3.1 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
2.8%
percentile 86%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Blink's mailto: handling in Google Chrome prior to 59.0.3071.86 for Linux, Windows, and Mac allowed a remote attacker to perform command injection via a crafted HTML page, a similar issue to CVE-2004-0121. For example, characters such as * have an incorrect interaction with xdg-email in xdg-utils, and a space character can be used in front of a command-line argument.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
2.77% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.1 | 8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Affected products
- n/a Google Chrome prior to 59.0.3071.86 for Linux, Windows and Mac
Classification
- Technology feeds
- Google Chrome (RSS, critical only)
References
- securityfocus.com /bid/98861 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
- crbug.com /711020 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
- access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2017:1399 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
- securitytracker.com /id/1038622 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
- security.gentoo.org /glsa/201706-20 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, x_transferred
- chromereleases.googleblog.com /2017/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2017-5078
- NVD: CVE-2017-5078
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