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CVE-2017-5078

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Published: Oct 27, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

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8.8
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 5.9
Source: NVD

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.

Affected (4)

Google
1 product
Chrome
Redhat
3 products
Enterprise Linux Desktop
Enterprise Linux Server
Enterprise Linux Workstation
Configuration A
1 vulnerable · 3 platform
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Chrome
Before 59.0.3071.86
Running on/withPlatform Versions
Apple
Macos
All versions
Linux
Linux Kernel
All versions
Microsoft
Windows
All versions
Configuration B
3 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Enterprise Linux Desktop
Version 6.0
Enterprise Linux Server
Version 6.0
Enterprise Linux Workstation
Version 6.0

References (12)

Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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