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CVE-2017-5078

CVE-2017-5078 PUBLISHED

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.

EPSS 2.70% · 86.2th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score
2.70%
86.2th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSoxide-qt1.11.4-0ubuntu1, 1.10.3-0ubuntu0.15.10.2, 1.11.5-0ubuntu1
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSchromium-browser58.0.3029.81-0ubuntu0.14.04.1172, 41.0.2272.76-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1076, 43.0.2357.81-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1089
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSchromium-browser55.0.2883.87-0ubuntu0.16.04.1263, 58.0.3029.96-0ubuntu0.16.04.1279, 49.0.2623.87-0ubuntu1.1232

Timeline

  • Jun 7, 2017 CVE Published
  • Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
  • Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
  • Oct 26, 2021 EPSS Score
  • Dec 27, 2021 EPSS Score
  • Feb 28, 2022 EPSS Score
  • May 2, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Sep 5, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Nov 6, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Jan 8, 2023 EPSS Score
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  • May 8, 2023 EPSS Score
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