If a user of Apache Commons Email (typically an application programmer) passes unvalidated input as the so-called "Bounce Address", and that input contains line-breaks, then the email details (recipients, contents, etc.) might be manipulated
Published Mar 20, 2018
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 2.77%
Description
If a user of Apache Commons Email (typically an application programmer) passes unvalidated input as the so-called "Bounce Address", and that input contains line-breaks, then the email details (recipients, contents, etc.) might be manipulated. Mitigation: Users should upgrade to Commons-Email 1.5. You can mitigate this vulnerability for older versions of Commons Email by stripping line-breaks from data, that will be passed to Email.setBounceAddress(String).
Affected products
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- Version versions prior to 1.5StatusaffectedConstraints-
- 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 |
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- ≥ 1.0 · ≤ 1.4
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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 3, 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 (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 2.77% (0.02765) | 85.80th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.86% (0.02863) | 84.89th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.30% (0.00296) | 50.83th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.11% (0.00109) | 45.60th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 28, 2024 | 0.11% (0.00109) | 43.72th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.10% (0.00101) | 39.89th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 27.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 26.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 24.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 10.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 1.24% (0.01241) | 30.13th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 1.24% (0.01241) | 29.49th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 1.24% (0.01241) | 67.45th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 1.24% (0.01241) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (3)
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q1/107 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListMitigationThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v7cm-w955-pj6g Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1294
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q1/107 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListMitigationThird Party Advisory | |
| https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v7cm-w955-pj6g | Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1294 |
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