Description
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.
Published: 2017-10-27
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: 2.7% Low
KEV: No
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Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-14187 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.
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Apple Macos
Google Chrome
Linux Linux Kernel
Microsoft Windows
Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop Enterprise Linux Server Enterprise Linux Workstation Rhel Extras
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T14:47:44.461Z

Reserved: 2017-01-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-5078

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Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-10-27T05:29:01.143

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-5078

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2017-06-05T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-5078 - Bugzilla

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