CVE-2017-9801

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

When a call-site passes a subject for an email that contains line-breaks in Apache Commons Email 1.0 through 1.4, the caller can add arbitrary SMTP headers.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apache Software Foundation	Apache Commons Email	1.0 to 1.4

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100082Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039043Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/7ef903a772a2ff08605df1be819044fb15df2815eb3d63878b3fbbb5%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100082Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039043Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/7ef903a772a2ff08605df1be819044fb15df2815eb3d63878b3fbbb5%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E

Timeline

Published: Aug 7, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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