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CVE-2017-16042 Details

Description

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:9.8 CRITICALVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://github.com/tj/node-growl/issues/60 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/tj/node-growl/pull/61 CVEPatchThird Party Advisory
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/146 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/tj/node-growl/issues/60 [email protected]Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/tj/node-growl/pull/61 [email protected]PatchThird Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-78Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')[email protected]
CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
growl project growl
< 1.10.2

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:growl_project:growl:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-16042
NVD Published Date:
Jun 4, 2018
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2017-16042 Details - Not Deferred