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Advisory details: ubuntu_osv / UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16042
Advisory ID ubuntu_osv/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16042
Aliases CVE-2017-16042
Summary Growl adds growl notification support to nodejs. Growl before 1.10.2 does not properly sanitize input before passing it to exec, allowing for arbitrary command execution.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.8
Risk 4.4
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches Package Commit Patches Details
Weaknesses (0)
There are no known CWE.
System Score Found at
cvssv3 9.8 https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16042.json
ubuntu-priority medium https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16042.json
Reference id Reference type URL
https://github.com/tj/node-growl/issues/60
https://github.com/tj/node-growl/pull/61
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/146
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-16042
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-16042
No exploits are available.

No EPSS data available for this advisory.

Patch URL
There are no known patches.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16042.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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There are no SSVC decisions available.