CVE-2017-9801

HIGH

Apache Commons Email <1.5 - Info Disclosure

Title source: llm

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.

Exploits (2)

nomisec WORKING POC

by dawetmaster · poc

https://github.com/dawetmaster/CVE-2017-9801-commons-email-vulnerable

View Code ZIP pw:eip

nomisec WRITEUP

by andikahilmy · poc

https://github.com/andikahilmy/CVE-2017-9801-commons-email-vulnerable

View Code ZIP pw:eip

References (3)

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100082

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039043

[Mailing List] https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/7ef903a772a2ff08605df1be819044fb15df2815eb3d63878b3fbbb5%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5

EPSS 0.0132

EPSS Percentile 79.9%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

Details

CWE

CWE-20

Status published

Products (10)

apache/commons_email 1.0

apache/commons_email 1.1

apache/commons_email 1.2

apache/commons_email 1.3

apache/commons_email 1.3.1

apache/commons_email 1.3.2

apache/commons_email 1.3.3

apache/commons_email 1.4

Apache Software Foundation/Apache Commons Email 1.0 to 1.4

org.apache.commons/commons-email 1.0 - 1.5Maven

Published Aug 07, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026