CVE-2017-16042

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2016-07-21
CWE:
CWE-20
Bugzilla:
1585953: CVE-2017-16042 nodejs-growl: Does not properly sanitize input before passing it to exec

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Growl adds growl notification support to nodejs. Growl before 1.10.2 does not properly sanitize input before passing it to exec, allowing for arbitrary command execution.

Find out more about CVE-2017-16042 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 8.1
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Mobile Application Platform On-Premise 4 nodejs-growl Not affected

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