VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-9801
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.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 6.04%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (6.04%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 6.04% probability · 93th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- apache/commons email
- Source
- security@apache.org
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
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.