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Vulnerability details: VCID-b8se-5519-aaah
Vulnerability ID VCID-b8se-5519-aaah
Aliases CVE-2017-5078
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 9.0
Risk 4.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (0)
There are no known CWE.
System Score Found at
generic_textual Medium http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2017/CVE-2017-5078.html
rhas Important https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1399
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rhbs medium https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1459031
generic_textual Medium https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
generic_textual Medium https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5078
cvssv2 6.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5078
cvssv3 8.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5078
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5078
archlinux Critical https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-289
archlinux Critical https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-339
Reference id Reference type URL
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2017/CVE-2017-5078.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-5078.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-5078
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
https://crbug.com/711020
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5078
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-20
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98861
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038622
1459031 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1459031
ASA-201706-8 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201706-8
ASA-201707-4 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201707-4
AVG-289 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-289
AVG-339 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-339
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2017-5078 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5078
RHSA-2017:1399 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1399
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-5078.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5078
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5078
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5078
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.81196
EPSS Score 0.01683
Published At May 13, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
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