CVE-2017-5078

HighCVSS 8.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 8.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
n/aGoogle Chrome prior to 59.0.3071.86 for Linux, Windows and MacGoogle Chrome prior to 59.0.3071.86 for Linux, Windows and Mac

References

Timeline

Published
Oct 27, 2017
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

Related CVEs from 2017

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CVE-2017-5078: High severity, CVSS 8.8 | Vulnix