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.
References (6)
Core 6
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98861
Issue Tracking x_refsource_misc
https://crbug.com/711020
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1399
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038622
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-20
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
Scores
CVSS v3
8.8
EPSS
0.0278
EPSS Percentile
84.8%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
Status
published
Products (5)
google/chrome
< 59.0.3071.86
n/a/Google Chrome prior to 59.0.3071.86 for Linux, Windows and Mac
Google Chrome prior to 59.0.3071.86 for Linux, Windows and Mac
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop
6.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_server
6.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_workstation
6.0
Published
Oct 27, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026