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Vulnerability details: VCID-ft5f-6f5r-gyb6
Vulnerability ID VCID-ft5f-6f5r-gyb6
Aliases CVE-2017-16042
Summary OS Command Injection Growl does not properly sanitize input before passing it to exec, allowing for arbitrary command execution.
Status Published
Exploitability None
Weighted Severity None
Risk None
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
There are no known severity scores.
Reference id Reference type URL
CVE-2017-16042 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16042
No exploits are available.
There are no known vectors.

No EPSS data available for this vulnerability.

Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-02T04:37:47.335533+00:00 GitLab Importer Import https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/npm/growl/CVE-2017-16042.yml 38.6.0