CVE-2017-5078
published 2017-10-27CVE-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 allowed a remote…
PriorityP345high8.8CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUIRSUCHIHAH
EPSS
2.77%
84.9th percentile
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.
Affected
4 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| chrome | < 59.0.3071.86 | 59.0.3071.86 | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_desktop | — | — |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server | — | — |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_workstation | — | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.18.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.06.8MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
osv7.5HIGH
vendor_redhat7.5HIGH
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Red Hat
chromium-browser: possible command injection in mailto handling
vendor_redhat·2017-06-05·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2017-5078 [HIGH] chromium-browser: possible command injection in mailto handling
chromium-browser: possible command injection in mailto handling
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.
GHSA
GHSA-mvv4-2gfv-gwc4: Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Blink's mailto: handling in Google Chrome prior to 59
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-13·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2017-5078 [HIGH] GHSA-mvv4-2gfv-gwc4: Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Blink's mailto: handling in Google Chrome prior to 59
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.
OSV
CVE-2017-5078: Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Blink's mailto: handling in Google Chrome prior to 59
osv·2017-10-27·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2017-5078 [HIGH] CVE-2017-5078: Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Blink's mailto: handling in Google Chrome prior to 59
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.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
chromium: various flaws [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2017-06-06·CVSS 8.8
[HIGH] chromium: various flaws [fedora-all]
chromium: various flaws [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of Fedora.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
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comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-5078 chromium-browser: possible command injection in mailto handling
bugzilla·2017-06-06·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2017-5078 [HIGH] CVE-2017-5078 chromium-browser: possible command injection in mailto handling
CVE-2017-5078 chromium-browser: possible command injection in mailto handling
A possible command injection flaw was found in the mailto handling component of the Chromium browser.
Upstream bug(s):
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=711020
External References:
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
Discussion:
Created chromium tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1459040]
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This issue has been addressed in the following products:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary
Via RHSA-2017:1399 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1399
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98861http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038622https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1399https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.htmlhttps://crbug.com/711020https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-20http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98861http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038622https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1399https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.htmlhttps://crbug.com/711020https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-20
2017-10-27
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