8.8
CVSSv3

CVE-2017-5078

Published: 27/10/2017 Updated: 07/11/2023
CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.8 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 8.6
CVSS v3 Base Score: 8.8 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 2.8
VMScore: 605
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Blink's mailto: handling in Google Chrome before 59.0.3071.86 for Linux, Windows, and Mac allowed a remote malicious user 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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redhat enterprise linux desktop 6.0

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redhat enterprise linux workstation 6.0

Vendor Advisories

Synopsis Important: chromium-browser security update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic An update for chromium-browser is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryRed Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important A Common Vulnerability S ...
A possible command injection flaw has been found in the mailto handling component of the Chromium browser ...