CVE-2017-9801

moderate-risk
Published 2017-08-07

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.

Do I need to act?

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1.3% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
7
CVSS 7.5/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (8)

Commons Email
Commons Email
Commons Email
Commons Email
Commons Email
Commons Email
Commons Email
Commons Email

Affected Vendors

Apache

References (6)

Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100082
Third Party Advisory http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039043
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/7ef903a772a2ff08605df1be819044fb15df2815eb3...
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100082
Third Party Advisory http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039043
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/7ef903a772a2ff08605df1be819044fb15df2815eb3...
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 26/34 · High
Exploitability 4/34 · Minimal
Exposure 14/34 · Moderate