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
Published Aug 7, 2017
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 6.04%
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.
Affected products
-
- Version 1.0 to 1.4StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache Software Foundation | Apache Commons Email | n/a |
|
- 1.0
- 1.1
- 1.2
- 1.3
- 1.3.1
- 1.3.2
- 1.3.3
- 1.4
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (16 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 6.04% (0.06036) | 93.14th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 6.04% (0.06036) | 92.40th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 27, 2025 | 1.32% (0.01321) | 79.21th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.20% (0.00202) | 40.36th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.28% (0.00276) | 69.02th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.28% (0.00276) | 67.25th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 0.28% (0.00276) | 64.62th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.26% (0.00262) | 62.08th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 36.37th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 2, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 34.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 32.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 16.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 2.46% (0.02463) | 54.82th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 2.46% (0.02463) | 54.38th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 2.46% (0.02463) | 78.49th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 2.46% (0.02463) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (6)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100082 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039043 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p7vm-phxx-g722 Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/7ef903a772a2ff08605df1be819044fb15df2815eb3d63878b3fbbb5%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/7ef903a772a2ff08605df1be819044fb15df2815eb3d63878b3fbbb5@%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9801
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100082 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039043 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p7vm-phxx-g722 | Advisory | |
| https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/7ef903a772a2ff08605df1be819044fb15df2815eb3d63878b3fbbb5%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/7ef903a772a2ff08605df1be819044fb15df2815eb3d63878b3fbbb5@%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E | ||
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9801 |
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